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coax

koʊks
WordNet
  1. (v) coax
    influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering "He palavered her into going along"
  2. (n) coax
    a transmission line for high-frequency signals
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Coax
    A simpleton; a dupe.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) coax
    A simpleton; gull; dupe; fool.
  2. coax
    To fondle; caress; flatter; fool with flattery or caresses.
  3. coax
    To persuade by fond pleading or flattery; wheedle; cajole.
  4. coax
    Hence To manage or guide carefully; control in a gentle way: as, to coax a horse into a trot.
  5. coax
    To use cajolery or gentle pleading.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (v.t) Coax
    kōks to persuade by fondling or flattery: to humour or soothe: to pet
  2. (ns) Coax
    one who coaxes
Quotations
A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.
Mark Twain
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.
Mark Twain
Oliver Goldsmith
Life at the greatest and best is but a froward child, that must be humored and coaxed a little till it falls asleep, and then all the care is over.
Oliver Goldsmith
If you cannot make money on one dollar, if you do not coax one dollar to work hard for you, you won't know how to make money out of one hundred thousand dollars.
E. S. Kinnear
Orison Swett Marden
Success is the child of drudgery and perseverance. It cannot be coaxed or bribed; pay the price and it is yours.
Orison Swett Marden
Etymology

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary M. E. cokes, a simpleton; of obscure origin.

Usage in the news

Solution to help installers provide PoE over Coax straight out of the box. securityinfowatch.com

Veracity debuts HIGHWIRE PowerStar Ethernet and PoE over Coax device. securityinfowatch.com

Police were investigating around the Vermillion High School area Friday after another parent reported that her son and a friend were approached by a man trying to coax them into his car. newsnet5.com

Kelly's going to need some coaxing. nydailynews.com

Andrew Robison travels the world coaxing prints and drawings from collectors and looking for great buys. ashingtonian.com

He fancies himself a good dancer, sometimes coaxing fellow lineman Breno Giacomini and Paul McQuistan to awkwardly move along to the mesmerizing beat. thenewstribune.com

The story, which could be described as "Grumpy Old Men" with pugilists, follows two boxers who, 50 years after their last fight, are coaxed out of retirement for one final match. hollywoodreporter.com

Retailers are gearing up for the holiday seasons, and have every intent of coaxing their shoppers into filling a shopping cart, such as this one at a central Pennsylvania Rite Aid. drugstorenews.com

Veracity debuts HIGHWIRE PowerStar Ethernet and PoE over Coax device. securityinfowatch.com

Elkins developed a sophisticated method of coaxing the horses into hidden corrals with food or water and using remotely controlled gates to quietly contain them. hispanicbusiness.com

Public radio fans know well the cranberry concoction NPR's Susan Stamberg tries to coax us to make every Thanksgiving. scpr.org

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghanistan wants Pakistan to free more Taliban detainees to help coax the group into negotiations to end the 11-year-old war. foxnews.com

You'd need coaxing, making that special someone work hard before giving your heart away. ramonasentinel.com

The word in city kitchens is that milk coaxed from the udders of heritage pigs is not the "new dairy," butchers are not the new rock stars and neo-Tiki fare is not going to take the culinary world by storm. amny.com

Panasonic debuts new Coax- LAN Converter. securityinfowatch.com

Usage in scientific papers

It may be possible to coax extra SNR (as much as 40%) from the observations by switching to one of the other modes but if the observation is not prepared carefully the data could prove useless.
On the use of electron-multiplying CCDs for astronomical spectroscopy

In particular, it is not clear how to coax it into computing the loop generating function L2(z ).
Three lectures on free probability

We expect that the electrostatic coupling between the antenna and the nanotube segment itself is much too small to actuate the CNT, which was confirmed by a lack of response of the CNT quantum dot to a d.c. voltage applied to the coax.
Probing the charge of a quantum dot with a nanomechanical resonator

The inner and outer coax is copper and the air side waveguide is aluminum.
Lifetime Testing 700 MHz RF Windows for the Accelerator Production of Tritium Program

During the high power accep tance tes t ing the ou ter coax ia l surface temperatures of the windows are compared to this data as a tool to indicate any problems.
Lifetime Testing 700 MHz RF Windows for the Accelerator Production of Tritium Program

Usage in literature

His father and Marie often tried to coax him into conversation. "The Silver Lining" by John Roussel

It was delightful to be coaxed, and by the boys, too. "'Lizbeth of the Dale" by Marian Keith

Aunt Florence said some boy had coaxed him off somewhere, but she was desperately afraid that he laid crushed in some hospital. "A Modern Cinderella" by Amanda M. Douglas

But Phillis persisted, and the red glow was soon coaxed into a cheerful blaze. "Not Like Other Girls" by Rosa N. Carey

A fire was soon started, for every one of the scouts knew all about the coaxing of a blaze, no matter how damp the wood might seem. "The Banner Boy Scouts Snowbound" by George A. Warren

Before they parted, Mary had coaxed pussy on to her knee; for Mrs. Jenkins would not part with baby, who was sleeping on her lap. "The Grey Woman and other Tales" by Mrs. (Elizabeth) Gaskell

They coaxed her to eat and she managed to make a meal that satisfied them. "Rimrock Trail" by J. Allan Dunn

When I get home I shall coax mamma to tell me all about it. "Our Bessie" by Rosa Nouchette Carey

She must coax Hugh to put it right. "Wee Wifie" by Rosa Nouchette Carey

May we not coax them ashore? "The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts" by Abbie Farwell Brown

Usage in poetry
I should coax you
into the house and give you
your own corner,
a worn mat to lie on,
your own water dish.
Mi darlin' Muse, aw coax and pet her,
To pleeas yo, for aw like nowt better;
An' if aw find aw connot get her
To lend her aid,
Into foorced measure then aw set her,
The stupid jade!
With touches coaxing, delicate,
And arts that never tire,
They tie the rose-trees each to each,
The lilac to the brier,
Making for graceless things a grace,
With steady, sweet desire.
She jumped him high as huntsmen go
Across the gate; she jumped him low,
To coax him to begin and feel
His infant steps returning, peel
His mortal pride, exposing fruit,
And off with hat and apron suit.
There was kissing and squeezing, And coaxing and teasing;
And sure there's no reason
Such things should be seen. But Donegan's daughter
From over the water,
'Twas she made the slaughter In Ballyporeen.
He gave no sign of making bare,
Nor she of faintness or despair.
Inflamed with hope that she might win,
If she but coaxed him to begin,
She used all arts for making fain;
The mother with her babe was Jane.