cox
noun
cox
1 American
[koks]
/ kɒks /
noun
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coxes
plural
verb (used with object)
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coxes,
present (3rd person singular)
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coxed,
past participle, past
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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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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
Coates, a former rowing cox, played an integral role in Australia winning the right to host the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and delivering a highly successful Games.
From Reuters ● Apr. 24, 2017
“Typical coxswain abuse,” one Washington cox later said, laughing.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Former employee Susan Cox told the BBC that staff became used to the sound of the directors' "top-of-the-range, flash cars roaring into the parking area".
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Bethell, who also bowls part-time spin, could replace Lawrence, or regain his place from Jordan Cox, who has impressed with two fifties while filling in for Bethell at number three.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
Jordan Cox has two half-centuries in this series and someone may have to be squeezed out when Jacob Bethell returns from a knee injury.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
By this point, Cox had once again shown he has the technique and temperament for the highest level - he was patient as Pakistan dried up the scoring immediately after lunch.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
It was there, by brilliant moonlight, that Cox saw the initials J.W.B. tattooed on the hand of the injured stranger.
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
Great Britain’s PR3 mixed coxed four crew continued the golden run.
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2024
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
Washington rower Danielle Hansen and her U.S. crew won their heat and advanced to the final in the mixed legs, trunk and arms coxed four at the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 9, 2016
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
He once coxed a Washington crew to a humiliating fifteen-length shellacking of California.
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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