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Coax
Definitions
- 1 Clipping of coaxial. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable
- 1 A simpleton; a dupe. obsolete
"Go, you're a brainless Coax, a Toy, a Fop, I'll go no farther than your Name, Sir Gregory"
- 2 Clipping of coaxial cable. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable, uncountable
- 3 a transmission line for high-frequency signals wordnet
- 1 To fondle, kid, pet, tease. obsolete
- 2 influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering wordnet
- 3 To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something. transitive
"She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last I coaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man."
- 4 To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position. transitive
"They coaxed the rope through the pipe."
Etymology
Originally (1586) in the slang phrase to make a coax of, from earlier noun coax, cox, cokes "fool, simpleton", itself of obscure origin, perhaps related to cock (“male bird, pert boy”). The modern spelling is from 1706.
Originally (1586) in the slang phrase to make a coax of, from earlier noun coax, cox, cokes "fool, simpleton", itself of obscure origin, perhaps related to cock (“male bird, pert boy”). The modern spelling is from 1706.
Shortened from coaxial
Shortened from coaxial
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