cox
noun
cox
1 American
[koks]
/ kɒks /
noun
coxes
plural
verb (used with object)
coxes,
present (3rd person singular)
coxed,
past participle, past
coxing
present participle
Cox
2
American
[koks]
/ kɒks /
noun
cox
1
British
/ kɒks /
noun
verb
Cox
2
British
/ kɒks /
noun
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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coxsimple
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coxessimple
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have coxedperfect
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has coxedperfect
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am coxingprogressive
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are coxingprogressive
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is coxingprogressive
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have been coxingperfect progressive
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has been coxingperfect progressive
Past
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coxedsimple
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had coxedperfect
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was coxingprogressive
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were coxingprogressive
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had been coxingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of cox
First recorded in 1865–70; short form
Example Sentences
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The computer science student said he "learned loads about what it means to be a cox" in his maiden year and will now hope to guide the men's team to victory.
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
William and Kate will cox opposing rowing teams in the race with crews from Cambridge and Heidelberg.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2017
Across the way, Wilhelm Mahlow, the cox in the German boat, told Gerd Vols, his stroke, the same thing.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Sara Cox recently took over as the host of Radio 2's breakfast show, with the BBC yet to announce who will permanently replace her at teatime on the station.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026
"This has implications for critical real-world scenarios, like when a radiologist can accurately classify masses on an X-ray as benign or malignant fairly automatically, often without extensive deliberation, thanks to years of training," Cox said.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 12, 2026
A March report by Cox Automotive found that tariffs drove a 10.4% increase in the average suggested retail price of a new car.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
On Wednesday in the House of Commons, Labour MP Pam Cox asked Lammy for the pardon on behalf of her grandchildren, who were watching proceedings from the public gallery.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
Cox poked his head out from a second-story window and asked, “Who’s there?”
From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson
"Crack," snapped the starter's gun, and 56 oars buried themselves in the water, while seven megaphoned coxes roared at their crews.
From Time Magazine Archive
Benjamim Pritchard led the charge with victory in the men’s PR1 single sculls followed by gold for the PR3 mixed double sculls and silver for the PR3 mixed coxed four.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2024
Nick Dunlop, the coxswain on the UW men’s top eight, coxed the Australia women’s four to a gold medal at the 2022 Under-23 World Championships.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023
Her mother, Lisa, rowed for Team USA at the 1976 Montreal Olympics, coming in seventh in the women’s coxed quadruple sculls.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2021
They have won six world championships titles in the pair, and one in the coxed pair, Olympic gold in London, and are unbeaten in more than 60 races since they combined in 2009.
From Reuters ● May 17, 2016
Except for the cricket cap and neck scarf that Duckworth wore in the coxswain’s seat, he coxed an awful lot like Bobby Moch.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
UW senior Grace Murdock, who has been coxing UW’s women’s second varsity eight, got her start in high school and soon learned there was more to the job than she thought.
From Seattle Times ● May 5, 2023
When sophomore Bronwen Holmes got the call to shift from coxing the Jackson-Reed girls’ third-fastest varsity boat to the boys’ fastest boat — right before the boys’ two national championship races — she was apprehensive.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 26, 2022
“It’s a very windy river so coxing becomes very important,” Callahan said.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2021
He began coxing at the Vesper club in 1954, while he was working as a pharmacist and attending Temple’s law school at night.
From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2013
When he enrolled at the University of Washington, he set his sights on coxing.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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