coax

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  1. transitive verb To persuade or try to persuade by pleading or flattery; cajole.
  2. transitive verb To obtain by persistent persuasion: coaxed the secret out of the child.
  3. transitive verb Obsolete To caress; fondle.
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  • I picked my way across the mess of tarps, coax, and sawdust. —  FSFMay2005
  • This is a statement made by virtually all municipalities considering or who have built fiber, coax, and wireless networks. —  Wi-Fi Networking News
  • When the Wi-Fi network was announced, the incumbents started pulling copper, coax, and fiber, and dramatically improved network coverage. —  Wi-Fi Networking News
  • You don't try to coax or coddle it; you put it down (figuratively speaking in this context) and move on. —  Think Progress
  • Leaky coax is a kind of purposely undershielded wiring used to create a ... —  Megite Technology News: What's Happening Right Now
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Obsolete cokes, to fool, from cokes, fool.

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  1. Formerly spelled cokes; from coax, cokes, n., a fool. Cf. fool, v.
 

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