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cog
1[ kog, kawg ]
noun
- a gear tooth, formerly especially one of hardwood or metal, fitted into a slot in a gearwheel of less durable material.
- a cogwheel.
- a person who plays a minor part in a large organization, activity, etc.:
He's just a small cog in the financial department.
verb (used without object)
- (of an electric motor) to move jerkily.
verb (used with object)
- to roll or hammer (an ingot) into a bloom or slab.
cog
2[ kog, kawg ]
verb (used with object)
- to manipulate or load (dice) unfairly.
verb (used without object)
- to cheat, especially at dice.
cog
3[ kog, kawg ]
noun
- Carpentry. (in a cogged joint) the tongue in one timber, fitting into a corresponding slot in another.
- Mining. a cluster of timber supports for a roof. Compare chock ( def 4 ).
verb (used with or without object)
- Carpentry. to join with a cog.
cog.
4abbreviation for
- cognate.
cog
1/ kɒɡ /
verb
- slang.to cheat (in a game, esp dice), as by loading a dice
cog
2/ kɒɡ /
noun
- a tenon that projects from the end of a timber beam for fitting into a mortise
verb
- tr to join (pieces of wood) with cogs
cog
3/ kɒɡ /
noun
- any of the teeth or projections on the rim of a gearwheel or sprocket
- a gearwheel, esp a small one
- a person or thing playing a small part in a large organization or process
verb
- tr metallurgy to roll (cast-steel ingots) to convert them into blooms
Word History and Origins
Origin of cog1
Origin of cog2
Word History and Origins
Origin of cog1
Origin of cog2
Origin of cog3
Idioms and Phrases
More idioms and phrases containing cog
In addition to the idiom beginning with cog , also see slip a cog .Example Sentences
A poor cog in the machine, she seemed to feel no more disgrace than a blood-diamond miner.
You might be a cog at a trading desk, compensated with nothing but money.
The apples are heaped on all sides, and are first crushed between wooden cog-wheels and caught in tubs.
Nay,” returned Mr. Archer with a smile, “no man can put complete reliance in blind fate; he must still cog the dice.
Each one is a cog in the vast organization and one slip may disrupt the whole arrangement.
Back in the East, things have been settled for so long that a man's only a cog in a machine.
Here, though, was evidence either that the War Lord was running out of metal or that his system had slipped a cog.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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