[syn: coxswain, cox]
VERB (1)
1. act as the coxswain, in a boat race;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Cox \Cox\ (k?ks), n. [OE. cokes. Cf. Coax.]
A coxcomb; a simpleton; a gull. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
Go; you're a brainless cox, a toy, a fop. --Beau. & Fl.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Cox
n 1: either of two related enzymes that control the production
of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin [syn:
cyclooxygenase, Cox]
2: the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew [syn:
coxswain, cox]
v 1: act as the coxswain, in a boat race