Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A coxswain.
- intransitive & transitive verb To act as coxswain or serve as coxswain for.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A coxcomb.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A coxcomb; a simpleton; a gull.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
coxswain of aboat , especially of aracing crew . - verb To act as
coxswain .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the helmsman of a ship's boat or a racing crew
- noun either of two related enzymes that control the production of prostaglandins and are blocked by aspirin
- verb act as the coxswain, in a boat race
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Examples
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I saw this movie a few weeks ago, mostly because dr. cox is in it.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - My favorite trailer recut: Office Space 2007
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It is thought to inhibit an enzyme called cox-2 which is also the target of anti-inflammatory drugs.
ITN Headlines 2009
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Aspirin is an inhibitor of a lot of these inflammations, specifically something known as cox-2 (ph), which a lot of these medications target, aspirin does as well.
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In the new research, published in the journal, Annals of Rheumatic Diseases, patients were taking either a high dose of lumiracoxib, a type of drug known as a cox-2 inhibitor, high dose of ibuprofen or naproxen, which are both non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs known as NSAIDs.
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The cox is the person who faces forward, when all the rowers are seated backward.
Kickboxing Geishas Veronica Chambers 2007
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The reason this is happening is that -- look, these ads have been really controversial, particularly when it comes to the painkillers called cox-2 inhibitors, which were later shown to be linked to cardiac problems.
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And a decision on labeling for arthritis medicines called cox-2 inhibitors is now under consideration by the FDA.
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Others include painkillers known as cox-2 inhibitors, as well as beta-blockers that are used frequently to treat high blood pressure and heart problems.
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Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, August 21, 1841 Various
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I was two stone lighter than the then coxswain ( "cox") and interchanged us, and thereafter my destiny was fixed; I eventually rose to be cox of the first eight, and while I did not exactly steer them to victory (in fact, in the year of my coxswainship we did, formally, just about as badly as it is possible to do!), I nevertheless feel we put up a good fight.
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