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coaxing::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ingratiatory |
a coaxing and obsequious voice.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | blarney, soft soap, sweet talk |
| Type of | flattery |
| Derivation | coax |
Examples of coaxing
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Bass hovering amid nearby shadows cannot tolerate this coaxing, teasing display.
From the chron.com
This almost certainly wasn't a case of the Canadiens coaxing Trotter off campus.
From the denverpost.com
I hope King is successful in coaxing more specifics from his party's candidates.
From the caucuses.desmoinesregister.com
Perhaps the fish are just where we're not or do they just need a bit of coaxing?
From the edp24.co.uk
The trouble, Frey said, is coaxing the poinsettias into blooming a second time.
From the delawareonline.com
The problem this week might be locating a bird and coaxing it into shotgun range.
From the courier-journal.com
Coaxing staff to work for free is only the airline's latest effort to pare costs.
From the time.com
Very young children, younger than, say, 7 or 8 years of age, need little coaxing.
From the pe.com
I had spent a lot of time coaxing him to get even a little of the internal out.
From the nytimes.com
- Coaxial cable: a transmission line for high-frequency signals
- Wheedle: influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"
- Coaxial cable, or coax, is an electrical cable with an inner conductor surrounded by a flexible, tubular insulating layer, surrounded by a tubular conducting shield. The term coaxial comes from the inner conductor and the outer shield sharing the same geometric axis. ...
- Shortened form of coaxial cable; to fondle, kid, pet, tease; To wheedle, persuade (a person, organisation, animal etc.) gradually or by use of flattery to do something; To manipulate carefully into a particular situation or position
- Cylindrical cable used for radio signals, often used to connect antenna to receiver
- ( coaxial cable) - A type of wire that consists of a center wire surrounded by insulation and then a grounded shield of braided wire. The shield minimizes electrical and radio frequency interference. 50-ohm and 72 ohm characteristic impedances are typical.
- Pronounced 'coe-axe', You'll find a coaxial cable in the audio/video world - this is a piece of cable with a single shielded core, terminated in a co-ax plug (pictured) or socket. The most common use of coax cable is to feed from a TV aerial into a TV or set-top box RF (aerial) input
- A special kind of cabling using a center conductor surrounded by a shield of braided wire. Coax is used to prevent interference to the transmit or receive signal.
- A type of cable that uses a central conductor, insulation, outer conductor/shield and jacket, used for high frequency communications like CCTV or CATV.
