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• cox
  cox

  noun

  coxswain.
• Cox
  Cox

  noun

  James Middleton, 1870–1957, U.S. journalist and politician.

cox

¹ American  

[koks] / kɒks /

noun

1. coxswain.

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verb (used with object)

coxes, present (3rd person singular) coxed, past participle, past coxing present participle

1. to act as coxswain to (a boat).

Cox ² American  

[koks] / kɒks /

noun

1. James Middleton, 1870–1957, U.S. journalist and politician.

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cox ¹ British  

/ kɒks /

noun

1. a coxswain, esp of a racing eight or four

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verb

1. to act as coxswain of (a boat)

Cox ² British  

/ kɒks /

noun

1. David. 1783–1859, English landscape painter

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• coxless
  adjective

Conjugated Forms

Present

• has coxed
  perfect 3rd person singular
• have coxed
  perfect
• am coxing
  progressive 1st person singular
• coxing
  participle
• has been coxing
  perfect progressive 3rd person singular
• are coxing
  progressive
• coxes
  singular 3rd person
• is coxing
  progressive 3rd person singular
• have been coxing
  perfect progressive

Past

• had coxed
  perfect
• had been coxing
  perfect progressive
• coxed
  simple
• were coxing
  progressive plural
• was coxing
  progressive singular
• coxed
  participle

Future

• will cox
  simple
• will have coxed
  perfect
• will have been coxing
  perfect progressive
• will be coxing
  progressive

Etymology

Origin of cox

First recorded in 1865–70; short form

Example Sentences

Kennedy, also a two-time world champion, will cox the crew of Frankie Allen, Giedre Rakauskaite, Ed Fuller and Morgan Fice-Noyes in Bled, Slovenia.

From BBC • May 16, 2023

Jasper Parish steered Cambridge's women to a record-breaking Boat Race win over Oxford as cox last year - and was dunked in the water, as per tradition.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2023

German-Italian canoeist Josefa Idem retired after the 2012 Olympics and Canadian rowing cox Lesley Thompson-Willie moved into coaching since her last Olympic appearance in 2016.

From Washington Times • Mar. 26, 2020

Under pressure from the IOC, the sprinters would be expelled from the Olympics, but the Harvard rowers, with Hoffman serving as cox, still had a race ahead of them.

From Washington Post • Oct. 9, 2018

Before a regatta, the cox receives a race plan from the coach, and he or she is responsible for carrying it out faithfully.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown