coax

---

Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /kəʊks/
• (America) enPR: kōks, IPA: /koʊks/

Verb

coax (coaxes, present participle coaxing; past and past participle coaxed)

1. (obsolete) To fondle, kid, pet, tease.
2. To wheedle, persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.
   • 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift

     On paper, Continental Drift boasts a jaw-dropping voice cast, including but not limited to Jennifer Lopez, Patrick Stewart, Wanda Sykes, Aziz Ansari, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Alan Tudyk. But in practice, the overstuffed ensemble leaves the cast no room to distinguish themselves, and directors Steve Martino and Michael Thurmeier don’t seem interested in coaxing performances that might render their money stars less identifiable.

   He coaxed the horse gently into the trailer.
3. To carefully manipulate into a particular desired state, situation or position.

   They coaxed the rope through the pipe.

Synonyms

• (to fondle) caress, grope, touch up; see also Thesaurus:fondle
• (persuade gradually) cajole, canoodle, persuade, wheedle
• (manipulate carefully into position) ease

Translations

• French: cajoler, amadouer
• German: überreden, schmeicheln, locken, ködern, beschwatzen, bezirzen
• Italian: coccolare, persuadere, convincere, adulare
• Portuguese: aliciar
• Russian: угова́ривать
• Spanish: engatusar

Translations

• German: vorsichtig bugsieren
• Italian: costringere, incanalare, manipolare

Noun

coax (plural coaxes)

1. (obsolete) A simpleton; a dupe.

Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈkəʊæks/
• (America) enPR: kōʹăks, IPA: /koʊæks/

Noun

coax

1. Short for coaxial cable#English|coaxial cable.

Adjective

coax (not comparable)

1. Clipping of coaxial#English|coaxial.

Translations

• Italian: coassiale

---

This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.003