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Definition of cox verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

cox

verb

NAmE//kɑks//

[transitive, intransitive]Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they cox

he / she / it coxes

past simple coxed

-ing form coxing

cox (something) to control the direction of a racing boat while other people are rowing; to act as a coxswain

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