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Etymology 1

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Originally (1586) in the slang phraseto make a coax of, from earlier nouncoax,cox,cokes "fool, simpleton", itself of obscure origin, perhaps related tocock(“male bird, pert boy”). The modern spelling is from 1706.

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coax (third-person singular simple presentcoaxes,present participlecoaxing,simple past and past participlecoaxed)

  1. (obsolete) Tofondle, kid, pet,tease.
  2. (transitive) Towheedle orpersuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use offlattery to do something.
    • 1913,Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VI, inMr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y., London:D[aniel] Appleton and Company,→OCLC:
      She was so mad she wouldn't speak to me for quite a spell, but at last Icoaxed her into going up to Miss Emmeline's room and fetching down a tintype of the missing Deacon man.
    • 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV ClubIce Age: Continental Drift
      On paper,Continental Drift boasts a jaw-dropping voice cast, including but not limited to Jennifer Lopez, Patrick Stewart, Wanda Sykes, Aziz Ansari, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Alan Tudyk. But in practice, the overstuffed ensemble leaves the cast no room to distinguish themselves, and directors Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier don’t seem interested incoaxing performances that might render their money stars less identifiable.
    Hecoaxed the horse gently into the trailer.
  3. (transitive) To carefullymanipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position.
    • 2013 July-August,Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, inAmerican Scientist, volume101, number 4:
      Energy has seldom been found where we need it when we want it. Ancient nomads, wishing to ward off the evening chill and enjoy a meal around a campfire, had to collect wood and then spend time and effortcoaxing the heat of friction out from between sticks to kindle a flame.
    • 1908, E Young, “Chapter 2 In Eastern Venice”, inPeeps at Many Lands: Siam, London: Adam and Charles Black, page 6:
      When the occupant of one of these floating dwellings wishes to move,[…] he calls to his aid a number of muscular friends and relatives, and then, with the aid of great shovel-shaped paddles, theycoax the home away to its new locality.
    Theycoaxed the rope through the pipe.
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persuade gradually
manipulate carefully into position

Noun

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coax (pluralcoaxes)

  1. (obsolete) Asimpleton; adupe.

Etymology 2

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Shortened fromcoaxial

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coax (countable anduncountable,pluralcoaxes)

  1. Short forcoaxial cable.
    Synonym:coax cable

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coax (notcomparable)

  1. Clipping ofcoaxial.
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coaxial cable

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coax m (pluralcoax)

  1. coax (coaxial cable)
    Synonyms:coaxial,câble coaxial
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