coax
verbEtymology
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.
Definitions
To fondle, kid, pet, tease.
To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of…
To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.
- 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.
- He coaxed the horse gently into the trailer.
To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation…
To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position.
- They coaxed the rope through the pipe.
- I've finally coaxed the sticky drawers open.
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A simpleton
A simpleton; a dupe.
- Go, you're a brainless Coax, a Toy, a Fop, I'll go no farther than your Name, Sir Gregory
Clipping of coaxial cable.
Clipping of coaxial.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at coax. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at coax. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
7 hops · closes at coax
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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