cox

[US]/kɔks/
[UK]/kɑks/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. act as a helmsman
vi. act as a helmsman
n. helmsman
Word Forms
Pluralcoxes
Third Person Singularcoxes
Present Participlecoxing
Past Tensecoxed
Past Participlecoxed

Phrases & Collocations

coxswain

coxless boat

courteney cox

Example Sentences

the British women's coxed four.

the winning eight was coxed by a woman.

he stroked the coxed four to victory.

My analysis will be mostly an attempt to explicate what the Cox Report would have said if they had been able to properly weigh the conflicting arguments.

"Hitting those targets will give us much more confidence in the ratings," says Steve Sinicropi, a Cox Radio Inc. executive who serves as the chairman of a broadcasters' advisory council to Arbitron.

On August 26, 1900, the Dutch coxed pair suddenly needed a replacement coxswain.A French boy was chosenthe Dutch pair rowed to a close victory.

Real-world Examples

It goes from I believe Hammersmith Bridge to Putney Bridge, and the winner of the team, they get to throw the person who's been steering, the cox, into the river.

Source: Engvid Super Teacher Selection

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