coax
11coax — [v] persuade allure, argue into, armtwist*, barter, beguile, blandish, blarney, butter up*, cajole, come on, con, decoy, entice, flatter, get, hook, importune, induce, influence, inveigle, jawbone*, lure, pester, plague, press, prevail upon, rope …
12coax — ► VERB 1) persuade gradually or by flattery to do something. 2) manipulate carefully into a particular situation or position. ORIGIN originally in the sense pet, fondle : from obsolete cokes «simpleton» …
13coax — [[t]ko͟ʊks[/t]] coaxes, coaxing, coaxed 1) VERB If you coax someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it. [V n prep] After lunch, she watched, listened and coaxed Bobby into talking about himself... [V n to inf] The… …
14coax — verb 1 (I, T) to persuade someone to do something that they do not want to do by talking to them in a kind, gentle, and patient way: Please, Vic, come with us, Nancy coaxed. | coax sb into/out of doing (sth): We had to coax Alan into going to… …
15coax — UK [kəʊks] / US [koʊks] verb [transitive] Word forms coax : present tense I/you/we/they coax he/she/it coaxes present participle coaxing past tense coaxed past participle coaxed to make something such as a machine or piece of equipment do what… …
16coax — I [[t]koʊks[/t]] v. t. 1) to attempt to influence by gentle persuasion, flattery, etc.; cajole: Maybe you can coax her to sing[/ex] 2) to obtain by coaxing: to coax a secret from someone[/ex] 3) to maneuver into a desired position or end by… …
17coax — verb ADVERB ▪ gently VERB + COAX ▪ try to ▪ manage to ▪ fail to PREPOSITION ▪ …
18coax — I. transitive verb Etymology: earlier cokes, from cokes simpleton Date: 1581 1. obsolete fondle, pet 2. to influence or gently urge by caressing or flattering ; wheedle < coaxed him into going > …
19Coax — Belling Lee Stecker des Kabelfernsehens Koaxiale Steckverbinder dienen der lösbaren Verbindung von Koaxialkabeln. Sie sind wie diese koaxial ausgeführt, um so die Vorteile der Koaxialkabel zu erhalten: extrem geringe elektromagnetische… …
20coax — v. 1) (D; tr.) to coax into; out of (she coaxed me into going) 2) (H) he coaxed me to do it * * * [kəʊks] out of (she coaxed me into going) (D; tr.) to coax into (H) he coaxed me to do it …
