different between cox vs dox

English

Etymology

Shortening of coxswain.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?ks/
• (US) enPR: käks, IPA^(key): /k?ks/
• Rhymes: -?ks
• Homophone: cocks

Noun

cox (plural coxes)

1. A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew. [from mid-19th C.]

Derived terms

• coxless
• coxie

Verb

cox (third-person singular simple present coxes, present participle coxing, simple past and past participle coxed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To act as coxswain for.

   The physicist Stephen Hawking used to cox for a college rowing team.

   I coxed the lightweight 4+ yesterday.

Derived terms

• coxed

Anagrams

• CXO, CxO

Chol

Noun

cox

1. A crested guan, Penelope purpurascens

Swedish

Etymology

From English cox

Noun

cox c

1. a cox

Declension

Tetelcingo Nahuatl

Etymology

C.f. Classical Nahuatl cuix.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko?/

Adverb

cox

1. maybe, perhaps

   Synonyms: beli?s, cana, mati?

References

• Brewer, Forrest; Brewer, Jean G. (1962) Vocabulario mexicano de Tetelcingo, Morelos: Castellano-mexicano, mexicano-castellano (Serie de vocabularios indígenas Mariano Silva y Aceves; 8)?^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: El Instituto Lingüístico de Verano en coordinación con la Secretaría de Educación Pública a través de la Dirección General de Internados de Enseñanza Primaria y Educación Indígena, published 1971, pages 82, 94, 117

English

Alternative forms

• doxx

Etymology

Phonetic respelling of docs, which is a short form of documents.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?ks

Noun

dox pl (plural only)

1. (slang) Documents, especially information sought by hackers about an individual (address, credit card numbers, etc.).
   • 1995, "J Eric Chard", Will Vinton's Playmation (on newsgroup comp.graphics.animation)

     Why is it that, even after DECADES of carping from Jerry Pournelle, software companies STILL don't hire competent professionals to write their dox?

   • 2002, "X", this is getting old (on newsgroup houston.general)

     its ok, someone emailed me his address, phone #, ss#, the works. seems theres^[sic] someone out there that dislikes him more than i do. i cant wait to hear how many people have his dox now. this should be really interesting...

   • 2004, "Andrew D Kirch", Here is something that will work for the rest of us (on newsgroup news.admin.net-abuse.email)

     judging by the lack of the 6 it would appear we have our spammer here, LETS^[sic] PULL HIS DOX!

Verb

dox (third-person singular simple present doxes, present participle doxing, simple past and past participle doxed)

1. Alternative form of doxx (“publish the personal information of (an individual) on the Internet”)

See also

• hax
• vax

Old English

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *duskaz (“dark, smoky”), from Proto-Indo-European *d?uh?s- (compare Old Irish donn (“dark”), Latin fuscus (“dark, dusky”), Sanskrit ???? (dh?sara, “dust-colored”)), from Proto-Indo-European *d?ewh?- (“smoke, mist, haze”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /doks/

Adjective

dox

1. dark, swarthy

Declension

Descendants

• Middle English: dosk
  • English: dusk