noun
A coxswain, especially of a racing boat.
‘The Rowing Council are sponsoring three seminars educating coxes about the racing line on the Championship course.’- ‘Rowing conditions were perfect in particular for coxes who have to manoeuvre the course with care and skill.’
- ‘Aseer's team consisted of four oarsmen and a cox.’
- ‘The cox aims to use their rudder as little as possible.’
- ‘Only two coxes have not already represented their country at senior level.’
- ‘In sweep rowing events, the rower nearest the cox - the stroke - is vital as they set the rhythm of the boat.’
- ‘In total, over 100 coxes, coaches and club representatives attended the two sessions.’
- ‘I would never have become a cox if I had grown to the height of my brother.’
- ‘The responsibilities of the cox are emphasised together with the responsibilities of clubs to coach steering and navigation.’
- ‘The cox gave the sprint call earlier than planned to get away from the Chinese.’
- ‘The Sports Council contributed €5,000 towards the cost of sending rowers and coxes to these championships.’
- ‘Of course, the whole problem could be avoided if the rowers would just keep their eyes on the cox.’
- ‘In return the cox steered and motivated the crew.’
- ‘The diminutive Moynihan picked up an Olympic silver as a rowing cox in 1980.’
- ‘‘Our cox was spending most of her time bailing us out,’ said Susannah.’
- ‘The cox's shouts of ‘hold it up’ and ‘pull hard’ resonated clearly in my ears.’
- ‘And Aitkin seems to be destined to be our cox, in a strange reversal of tradition.’
- ‘Not all the shorties want to be jockeys and coxes!’
- ‘Hodge's position in the eight-man crew was as stroke man, opposite the cox.’
- ‘France's cox goes in the drink after winning the lightweight eight.’
Pronunciation
transitive verb
[with object]Act as a coxswain for (a racing boat or crew)
‘the winning eight was coxed by a woman’- ‘he once coxed for Harvard’
- ‘If you are coxing a small boat, steer 30° to starboard of the wind direction, at 6-8 knots.’
- ‘The event is a sliding seat coxed four and the rowers must have some use of legs, trunk and arms,.’
- ‘Any traditional style, coxed passenger carrying boat may take part.’
- ‘After all, he had coxed the Peterhouse eight in his university days.’
- ‘Four members of the crew then went on to win S1 coxed fours in 12 mins 33 secs.’
- ‘Richard, also 23, was a winner at Henley with Molesey in the Britannia Cup coxed fours.’
- ‘Usually there is a boat full of tall men being coxed by a dwarf, but we've got a boat of midgets coxed by a six footer.’
- ‘Price discovered rowing in high school when a friend introduced him to coxing.’
- ‘During the attempt Goodall acted as ‘helper’ aiding the team, coxing and calling strategy.’
- ‘Egypt's coxswain, who also coxes his country's eight, propelled his boat into the lead.’
- ‘My only concession to traditional or ‘Outdated’ methods of Marathon preparations was to cox rather than row.’
- ‘In 2001 they won the World Championship in the coxless pairs and then in the coxed pairs.’
- ‘The racing opened with the men's coxed four repechage.’
- ‘The road to the final was going to end for one crew in the men's coxed four.’
- ‘A former Olympic event, the coxed pair has become less popular but these athletes were taking it very seriously.’
- ‘At the World Championships in 2001 they not only won the pair, they took away a second gold medal in the coxed pair.’
- ‘This is Schmunk's second year in the coxed pair after finishing fifth in 2001.’
- ‘The two will now compete at this year's World Championships in a coxed pair.’
- ‘France qualifies for the final in the coxed four’
- ‘The second race featured the open coxed four for those with the use of legs trunk and arms.’
Pronunciation
Origin
Mid 19th century abbreviation.
noun
BiochemistryThe enzyme cyclooxygenase, which is required for the formation of prostaglandins and is blocked by painkillers such as aspirin and ibuprofen.
Pronunciation
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