cox

CEFRB2

/kɒks/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person who steers and directs a racing boat.

  2. 02

    verb

    To steer a racing boat and direct its crew.

Examples

  • He was the cox of the rowing team.

  • The cox directed the rowing team during the championship race.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. An English surname from Middle English for either son of, or servant of someone named Cocke or Cook.

  2. To act as coxswain for.

  3. A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew.

More examples

In context

  • The cox steered the boat to victory.

  • The physicist Stephen Hawking used to cox for a college rowing team.

  • I coxed the lightweight 4+ yesterday.

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The experienced blank steered the rowing boat through the narrow channel.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Clipping of coxswain.