All 5 Uses
coax
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Uglies
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- The machine was lobbing the masks out the back, trying to coax more followers into the impromptu parade: devil faces and horrible clowns, green monsters and gray aliens with big oval eyes, cats and dogs and cows, faces with crooked smiles or huge noses.†
p. 9.7
- She coaxed it carefully back over the cliff's edge, a huge shiver passing through her body as the board passed over solid ground.†
p. 145.2 *coaxed = tried to obtain a result through gentle and careful effort -- often gently persuaded
- She spotted a rusty-looking streak in the wall of stone and coaxed the board closer, but it turned out to be just a slimy smear of lichen.†
p. 153.5
- Tally lay almost flat to cut down wind resistance, coaxing every ounce of speed from Croy's board.†
p. 300.9coaxing = trying to obtain a result through gentle and careful effort -- often gently persuading
- "Will we make it out of the desert tonight?" she asked, watching David coax their last few drops of bottled water into the purifiers.†
p. 327.9
Definitions:
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(1)
(coax as in: coax her to join us) try to obtain a result through gentle and careful effort -- often gentle persuasion
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Less commonly, coax is a short for coaxial cable (a type of electrical cable used to transmit data, the internet, video and voice communications). Coaxial cables have a conducting wire surrounded by an insulating layer surrounded by a shield. The insulating layer and shield surround a common axis--the conducting wire.
In classic literature, you may see coax used as a synonym for caress or fondle.