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cogged

[kogd]
adjective
  1. having cogs.
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Origin of cogged

First recorded in 1815–25; cog1 + -ed3
Related formsun·cogged, adjective

cog1

[kog, kawg]
noun
  1. (not in technical use) a gear tooth, formerly especially one of hardwood or metal, fitted into a slot in a gearwheel of less durable material.
  2. a cogwheel.
  3. a person who plays a minor part in a large organization, activity, etc.: He's just a small cog in the financial department.
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verb (used without object), cogged, cog·ging.
  1. (of an electric motor) to move jerkily.
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verb (used with object), cogged, cog·ging.
  1. to roll or hammer (an ingot) into a bloom or slab.
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Idioms
  1. slip a cog, to make a blunder; err: One of the clerks must have slipped a cog.
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Origin of cog1

1200–50; Middle English cogge, probably < Scandinavian; compare Swedish, Norwegian kugg cog

cog2

[kog, kawg]
verb (used with object), cogged, cog·ging.
  1. to manipulate or load (dice) unfairly.
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verb (used without object), cogged, cog·ging.
  1. to cheat, especially at dice.
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Origin of cog2

First recorded in 1525–35; origin uncertain

cog3

[kog, kawg]
noun
  1. Carpentry. (in a cogged joint) the tongue in one timber, fitting into a corresponding slot in another.
  2. Mining. a cluster of timber supports for a roof.Compare chock(def 4).
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verb (used with or without object), cogged, cog·ging.
  1. Carpentry. to join with a cog.
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Origin of cog3

1855–60; special use of cog1; replacing cock in same sense, special use of cock1 (in sense of projection); see coak
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Examples from the Web for cogged

Historical Examples

  • The sea was their gaming table and it was their ill luck if the dice were cogged.

    Blackbeard: Buccaneer

    Ralph D. Paine

  • The wheel will be revolved by a motor geared to the cogged part of the rim.

    The Panama Canal

    Frederic Jennings Haskin

  • One set will be cogged, and will be used when the locomotives are engaged in towing.

    The Panama Canal

    Frederic Jennings Haskin

  • One schoolboy will sometimes copy from another:—'You cogged that sum.'

  • Victory unassuaged was theirs, and for them Fortune had cogged her dice.

    Sir Mortimer

    Mary Johnston

British Dictionary definitions for cogged

cog1

noun
  1. any of the teeth or projections on the rim of a gearwheel or sprocket
  2. a gearwheel, esp a small one
  3. a person or thing playing a small part in a large organization or process
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verb cogs, cogging or cogged
  1. (tr) metallurgy to roll (cast-steel ingots) to convert them into blooms
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Word Origin

C13: of Scandinavian origin; compare Danish kogge, Swedish kugge, Norwegian kug

cog2

verb cogs, cogging or cogged
  1. slang to cheat (in a game, esp dice), as by loading a dice
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Word Origin

C16: originally a dice-playing term, of unknown origin

cog3

noun
  1. a tenon that projects from the end of a timber beam for fitting into a mortise
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verb cogs, cogging or cogged
  1. (tr) to join (pieces of wood) with cogs
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Word Origin

C19: of uncertain origin
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Word Origin and History for cogged

cog

n.

c.1300, "cog wheel;" late 14c., "tooth on a wheel," probably a borrowing from a Scandinavian language (cf. Norwegian kugg "cog") and cognate with Middle High German kugel "ball."

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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Idioms and Phrases with cogged

cog

In addition to the idiom beginning with cog

  • cog in the wheel

also see:

  • slip a cog
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