cox

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See also: Cox, COX, and çox

English

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Etymology

Clipping of coxswain.

Pronunciation

Noun

cox (plural coxes)

  1. A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew.
    • 1889, Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat ‎:
      A particularly nervous boy was appointed cox, and the steering principle explained to him by Joskins. Joskins himself took stroke. He told the others that it was simple enough; all they had to do was to follow him.

Derived terms

Verb

cox (third-person singular simple present coxes, present participle coxing, simple past and past participle coxed)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To act as coxswain for.
    The physicist Stephen Hawking used to cox for a college rowing team.
    I coxed the lightweight 4+ yesterday.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Chol

Noun

cox

  1. A crested guan, Penelope purpurascens

Swedish

Etymology

From English cox.

Noun

cox c

  1. (rowing) a cox
    Synonym: styrman

Declension

Declension of cox
nominative genitive
singular indefinite cox cox
definite coxen coxens
plural indefinite coxar coxars
definite coxarna coxarnas

References

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

C.f. Classical Nahuatl cuix.

Pronunciation

Adverb

cox

  1. maybe, perhaps
    Synonyms: beli̱s, cana, mati̱

References

  • Brewer, Forrest, Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)‎ (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, pages 82, 94, 117
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