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cox¹

  • /kɒks/ UK
  • /kɑks/ US

Sounds like cocks · Rhymes with -ɒks

Where it comes from

Clipping of coxswain.

noun coxes

  1. A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew. A particularly nervous boy was appointed cox, and the steering principle explained to him by Joskins. Joskins himself took stroke. He told the others that it was simple enough; all they had to do was to follow him.

verb coxes · coxing · coxed

  1. ambitransitive To act as coxswain for. The physicist Stephen Hawking used to cox for a college rowing team.

Cox²

Where it comes from

The surname has converged from several different origins; see Cox.

proper noun Coxes · Coxs

  1. An English surname from Middle English for either son of, or servant of someone named Cocke or Cook. For the impeachment article to get to the floor, it will need the approval of House GOP Speaker Kirk Cox.
  2. An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, Florida, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Macon County, Missouri, United States.
  4. A commune in Haute-Garonne department, Occitania, France; the name comes from Occitan.
  5. A municipality in the province of Alicante, Valencia, Spain.

COX³

noun

  1. abbreviation, acronym Acronym of cyclooxygenase

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: coxswain, kindler, snead, cook, collins, cocos, cooks, helmsman, helmswoman, helmsperson, steersman, steerer, wheelman, helmer, boatsteerer, pilot

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@misc{cox_2026,
  title = {cox},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cox},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}