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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 a boat, especially of a racing 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

  • I saw this movie a few weeks ago, mostly because dr. cox is in it.

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  • It is thought to inhibit an enzyme called cox-2 which is also the target of anti-inflammatory drugs.

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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.

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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.

    CNN Transcript Jun 15, 2005 2005

  • And a decision on labeling for arthritis medicines called cox-2 inhibitors is now under consideration by the FDA.

    CNN Transcript Mar 3, 2005 2005

  • 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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  • Wictory and Prince Allbut to come and Pick a bit with you, becos There is nothink for them wen they comes, and the Kitchin-range is chok'd up with the sut as has falln down the last fore yeers, and no poletry but too old cox, which is two tuff to be agreerble; But, praps, we Can git sum cold meet from the in, wot as bin left at the farmers 'markut-dinner; and may I ask you my lord without fear of your

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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.

    Anthony J. Leggett - Autobiography 2004

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