Meaning

1 senses

  1. (obsolete)A simpleton; a dupe.

More definitions
  • a transmission line for high-frequency signals

Examples

17 sentences

  1. She coaxed a smile from the baby.

    deSie entlockte dem Baby ein Lächeln. — Yorwba

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  2. She coaxed him out of his dark mood.

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  3. Tom coaxed the mouse out of the hole in the wall with a piece of bread.

    ruТом выманил мышь из отверстия в стене кусочком хлеба. — maks

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  4. He coaxed extra money from his mother.

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  5. She’ll do it if you coax her.

    deSie wird’s machen, wenn du sie beschwatzt. — Yorwba

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Origin

Originally (1586) in the slang phrase to make a coax of, from earlier noun coax, cox, coke

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.

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Forms

plural: coaxes
Singularcoax
Pluralcoaxes

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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