coax.
To fondle, kid, pet, tease.
Meaning & usage
To fondle, kid, pet, tease.
To wheedle or persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something.
He coaxed the horse gently into the trailer.
To carefully manipulate (someone or something) into a particular desired state, situation or position.
They coaxed the rope through the pipe.
I've finally coaxed the sticky drawers open.
Where this word comes from
Originally (1586) in the slang phrase to make a coax of, from earlier noun coax, cox, cokes "fool, simpleton", itself of obscure origin, perhaps related to cock (“male bird, pert boy”). The modern spelling is from 1706.
A simpleton; a dupe.
Where this word comes from
Originally (1586) in the slang phrase to make a coax of, from earlier noun coax, cox, cokes "fool, simpleton", itself of obscure origin, perhaps related to cock (“male bird, pert boy”). The modern spelling is from 1706.
Clipping of coaxial cable.
Where this word comes from
Shortened from coaxial
Clipping of coaxial.
Where this word comes from
Shortened from coaxial
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