cox

See also: Cox, COX, and çox

English

Etymology

Shortening of coxswain.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɒks/
• enPR: käks, IPA^(key): /kɑks/
• Rhymes: -ɒks

Noun

cox (plural coxes)

1. A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew. [from mid-19th C.]

Derived terms

• coxless
• coxie

Verb

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

• coxed

Anagrams

• CXO

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Chol

Noun

cox

1. A crested guan, Penelope purpurascens

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Swedish

Noun

cox c

1. a cox

Declension

Declension of cox
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	cox	coxen	coxar	coxarna
Genitive	cox	coxens	coxars	coxarnas

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Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

C.f. Classical Nahuatl cuix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koʃ/

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)‎^[1] (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