cox
verb/kɒks/
/kɑːks/
[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they cox | /kɒks/ /kɑːks/ |
| he / she / it coxes | /ˈkɒksɪz/ /ˈkɑːksɪz/ |
| past simple coxed | /kɒkst/ /kɑːkst/ |
| past participle coxed | /kɒkst/ /kɑːkst/ |
| -ing form coxing | /ˈkɒksɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːksɪŋ/ |
- cox (something) to control the direction of a rowing boat while other people are rowing; to act as a coxWord Originmid 19th cent.: abbreviation.
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