coax

coax ¹  (kks)

v. coaxed, coax·ing, coax·es

v.tr.

1. To persuade or try to persuade by pleading or flattery; cajole.

2. To obtain by persistent persuasion: coaxed the secret out of the child.

3. Obsolete To caress; fondle.

4. To move to or adjust toward a desired end: "A far more promising approach to treating advanced melanoma is to coax the immune system to recognize melanoma cells as deadly" (Natalie Angier).

v.intr.

To use persuasion or inducement.

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[Obsolete cokes, to fool, from cokes, fool.]

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coaxer n.

coaxing·ly adv.

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co·ax ²  (kks, k-ks)

n. Informal

A coaxial cable.

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coax¹

vb

1. to seek to manipulate or persuade (someone) by tenderness, flattery, pleading, etc.

2. (tr.) to obtain by persistent coaxing

3. (tr) to work on or tend (something) carefully and patiently so as to make it function as one desires he coaxed the engine into starting

4. (tr) Obsolete to caress

5. (tr) Obsolete to deceive

[verb formed from obsolete noun cokes fool, of unknown origin]

coaxer  n

coaxingly  adv

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coax²

n

(Electronics) short for coaxial cable

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	coax - a transmission line for high-frequency signals coax cable, coaxial cable transmission line, cable, line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power ethernet cable - any of several types of coaxial cable used in ethernets
Verb	1.	coax - influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along" blarney, cajole, inveigle, sweet-talk, wheedle, palaver persuade - cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody's arm; "You can't persuade me to buy this ugly vase!" soft-soap - persuade someone through flattery browbeat, bully, swagger - discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

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coax

verb persuade, cajole, talk into, wheedle, sweet-talk (informal), prevail upon, inveigle, soft-soap (informal), twist (someone's) arm, flatter, entice, beguile, allure After lunch she coaxed him into talking about himself.
force, threaten, bully, intimidate, harass, coerce, pressurize, browbeat

Translations

coax [kəʊks] VT to coax sth out of sb → sonsacar algo a algn(engatusándolo)
to coax sb into/out of doing sth → engatusar a algn para que haga/no haga algo
to coax sb along → mimar a algn

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coax [ˈkəʊks] vt
to coax sb into doing sth → amadouer qn pour qu'il fasse qch

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coax

vt → überreden; to coax somebody into doing something → jdn beschwatzen (inf) → or dazu bringen, etw zu tun; he coaxed the engine into life → er brachte den Motor mit List und Tücke in Gang; you have to coax the fire → du musst dem Feuer ein bisschen nachhelfen; to coax something out of somebody → jdm etw entlocken

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coax [kəʊks] vt to coax sth out of sb → ottenere qc da qn (con le buone)
to coax sb into/out of doing sth → convincere or indurre (con moine) qn a fare/non fare qc

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coax [kəʊks] vt to coax sth out of sb → ottenere qc da qn (con le buone)
to coax sb into/out of doing sth → convincere or indurre (con moine) qn a fare/non fare qc

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coax

v coax [kəuks]

to persuade by flattery, by patient and gentle treatment etc He coaxed her into going to the dance by saying she was the best dancer he knew; He coaxed some money out of his mother. vlei, mooipraat يُلاطِف، يَتَمَلَّق، يَسْتَميل придумвам přemluvit; vyškemrat lokke; liste beschwatzen καλοπιάνω engatusar meelitama با چرب زبانی بدست آوردن؛ به کاری واداشتن maanitella cajoler לְשָדֵל मान-मनव्वल करना nagovarati, laskanjem izmamiti csalogat membujuk lokka; ganga eftir persuadere うまく説いて～させる 치켜세우다 įkalbinti, išvilioti pierunāt; piedabūt; izvilināt memujuk overhalen godsnakke med, overtale; lokke, lure (ut av/i) nakłaniać, wyciągać persuadir a convinge (prin linguşiri) задабривать prehovoriť; vymámiť premamiti nagovoriti lirka med, truga, övertala เกลี้ยกล่อม tatlı sözle kandırmak 哄，勸誘 умовляти ласкою پیار سے منانا ، بہلانا ، پھسلانا tán tỉnh 用好话劝，劝诱