Coax
verb
To persuade someone to do something by talking to them gently and patiently.
She managed to coax the cat down from the tree.
Often appears as...
- coax into
- coax out of
verb
To get something from someone or something through gentle actions.
He coaxed a smile from the shy child.
Often appears as...
- coax out
- coax forth
noun
A type of cable used in telecommunication.
We need a coax to connect the devices.
Often appears as...
- coax cable
- coax connector
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To persuade someone to do something by talking to them gently and patiently.
She managed to coax the cat down from the tree.
Often appears as...
- coax into
- coax out of
verb
To get something from someone or something through gentle actions.
He coaxed a smile from the shy child.
Often appears as...
- coax out
- coax forth
noun
A type of cable used in telecommunication.
We need a coax to connect the devices.
Often appears as...
- coax cable
- coax connector
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Soft Persuasion
The verb 'coax' means persuading someone softly and kindly, not forcefully or directly.
He coaxed her into going for a walk by mentioning the lovely weather.
Pro Tip 2/3Patient Method
'Coax' implies patience in convincing someone, often over a period of time.
She coaxed her grandfather into trying the new technology through months of gentle encouragement.
Pro Tip 3/3Emotional Touch
Using 'coax' often suggests a caring or loving tone behind the persuasion.
The mother coaxed her child to eat vegetables by making them into fun shapes.
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Bryan Smith: Adrenaline...
I definitely was fun there's no doubt about it craziest freaking day of my life whoo so the flight decks in and I think the kind of the rule was that everyone needed to kind of go out there like the production people needed to take a walk out on the flight deck to try to like you know coax
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Leather and meat without...
lamb, or even something more exotic. This process does no harm, and Daisy the cow can live a happy life. We then isolate the skin cells and multiply them in a cell culture medium. This takes millions of cells and expands them into billions. And we then coax these cells to produce collagen,
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How We're Reverse...
Again, to paraphrase him, he said, "You're taking skin cells from patients that have specific brain disorders, then doing some mumbo jumbo to the cells to push them back in time and turn them into stem cells." And then he knew that stem cells can be coaxed to become any cell type.
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How judges can show...
I had been monitoring her case for a couple of months, her compliance with her medication, and had just closed out her case a couple of weeks ago. On this day she needed help, and she came to court. And after four hours of coaxing by the judge,
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History vs. Sigmund...
claiming his treatment had cured patients when in fact they had gotten worse. Later therapists influenced by his theories coaxed their patients into "recovering" supposedly repressed memories of childhood abuse that never happened.
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Adorable Baby Animal...
that box it's a totally different world mum has a total of five reluctant youngsters to try to coax into an uncertain future any time you deal with captive animals you're going to see not only the births which are very exciting
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Jim & Jamie Dutcher: The...
it helped alleviate pack tension thus filling a very important role to play within the family group no other position requires so much diplomacy and appeasement the better omegas ability is to coax the others into setting aside
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Baby Ferret Training...
that box it's a totally different world mum has a total of five reluctant youngsters to try to coax into an uncertain future any time you deal with captive animals you're going to see not only the births which are very exciting
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How fire shapes...
magnifying the combust ability of the places we inhabit but this too has has its limitations you know you can only coax or coerce so much out of a setting before it begins to degrade and if we
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Mark Shaw: One very dry...
like you'd normally think it would, except when it hits the coating, it stops, and I can't even coax it to leave. It's that afraid of the water. So what's going on here? What's happening?
Video examples
Bryan Smith: Adrenaline...
I definitely was fun there's no doubt about it craziest freaking day of my life whoo so the flight decks in and I think the kind of the rule was that everyone needed to kind of go out there like the production people needed to take a walk out on the flight deck to try to like you know coax
Video examples
Leather and meat without...
lamb, or even something more exotic. This process does no harm, and Daisy the cow can live a happy life. We then isolate the skin cells and multiply them in a cell culture medium. This takes millions of cells and expands them into billions. And we then coax these cells to produce collagen,
Video examples
How We're Reverse...
Again, to paraphrase him, he said, "You're taking skin cells from patients that have specific brain disorders, then doing some mumbo jumbo to the cells to push them back in time and turn them into stem cells." And then he knew that stem cells can be coaxed to become any cell type.
Video examples
How judges can show...
I had been monitoring her case for a couple of months, her compliance with her medication, and had just closed out her case a couple of weeks ago. On this day she needed help, and she came to court. And after four hours of coaxing by the judge,
Video examples
History vs. Sigmund...
claiming his treatment had cured patients when in fact they had gotten worse. Later therapists influenced by his theories coaxed their patients into "recovering" supposedly repressed memories of childhood abuse that never happened.
Video examples
Adorable Baby Animal...
that box it's a totally different world mum has a total of five reluctant youngsters to try to coax into an uncertain future any time you deal with captive animals you're going to see not only the births which are very exciting
Video examples
Jim & Jamie Dutcher: The...
it helped alleviate pack tension thus filling a very important role to play within the family group no other position requires so much diplomacy and appeasement the better omegas ability is to coax the others into setting aside
Video examples
Baby Ferret Training...
that box it's a totally different world mum has a total of five reluctant youngsters to try to coax into an uncertain future any time you deal with captive animals you're going to see not only the births which are very exciting
Video examples
How fire shapes...
magnifying the combust ability of the places we inhabit but this too has has its limitations you know you can only coax or coerce so much out of a setting before it begins to degrade and if we
Video examples
Mark Shaw: One very dry...
like you'd normally think it would, except when it hits the coating, it stops, and I can't even coax it to leave. It's that afraid of the water. So what's going on here? What's happening?
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Quote examples
Jean Chatzky
American Journalist
I've never met a budget that I couldn't coax a few extra dollars from - and I'll bet that you can do the same. For instance, you're probably buying more minutes and more cable channels than you use. Oh, and how many black skinny jeans do I count in your closet? You have enough money, just the wrong priorities.
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Gareth Thomas
Welsh Athlete
I don't try and coax people to come out because it needs to be right for them as an individual but when I speak to some people I realise that the power and influence that famous sportspeople have is amazing and to show such a positive message can change the world.
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William Bennett
American Politician
Happiness is like a cat, If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you; it will never come. But if you pay not attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing against your legs and jumping into your lap.
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Travis Knight
American Producer
I always loved that solitary experience of making things. There's a solitary aspect to animating... It's ultimately the animator and the puppet coaxing a performance out of it.
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Thomas Middleditch
Canadian Actor
As a kid, I drew comics. I had curly hair. I liked to joke, but I was kind of nervous about it at first until it was coaxed out of me.
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Frederica Mathewes-Green
Author
Temptation coaxes us toward sin, and sin leads to sickness and death, and ultimately confinement in the realm of the evil one.
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Frances Arnold
American Scientist
My feeling is that if a human being can coax life to build bonds between silicon and carbon, nature can do it too.
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Christopher Eccleston
English Actor
I had to help to coax the performances and I really enjoyed that extra responsibility.
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Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
Anytime my work can coax bodily fluids out of someone, I'm happy.
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Carla Bley
American Musician
I don't need much coaxing.
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Jean Chatzky
American Journalist
I've never met a budget that I couldn't coax a few extra dollars from - and I'll bet that you can do the same. For instance, you're probably buying more minutes and more cable channels than you use. Oh, and how many black skinny jeans do I count in your closet? You have enough money, just the wrong priorities.
Quote examples
Gareth Thomas
Welsh Athlete
I don't try and coax people to come out because it needs to be right for them as an individual but when I speak to some people I realise that the power and influence that famous sportspeople have is amazing and to show such a positive message can change the world.
Quote examples
William Bennett
American Politician
Happiness is like a cat, If you try to coax it or call it, it will avoid you; it will never come. But if you pay not attention to it and go about your business, you'll find it rubbing against your legs and jumping into your lap.
Quote examples
Travis Knight
American Producer
I always loved that solitary experience of making things. There's a solitary aspect to animating... It's ultimately the animator and the puppet coaxing a performance out of it.
Quote examples
Thomas Middleditch
Canadian Actor
As a kid, I drew comics. I had curly hair. I liked to joke, but I was kind of nervous about it at first until it was coaxed out of me.
Quote examples
Frederica Mathewes-Green
Author
Temptation coaxes us toward sin, and sin leads to sickness and death, and ultimately confinement in the realm of the evil one.
Quote examples
Frances Arnold
American Scientist
My feeling is that if a human being can coax life to build bonds between silicon and carbon, nature can do it too.
Quote examples
Christopher Eccleston
English Actor
I had to help to coax the performances and I really enjoyed that extra responsibility.
Quote examples
Chuck Palahniuk
American Novelist
Anytime my work can coax bodily fluids out of someone, I'm happy.
Quote examples
Carla Bley
American Musician
I don't need much coaxing.
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