different between hox vs dox

English

Etymology 1

Noun

hox (plural hoxes)

1. (genetics) Abbreviation of homeobox.

Derived terms

• hox gene

Etymology 2

Verb

hox (third-person singular simple present hoxes, present participle hoxing, simple past and past participle hoxed)

1. (obsolete, transitive) To hock; to hamstring; to cripple; to disable.

Synonyms

• hamstring, hock, hough

Hypernyms

• See Thesaurus:disable

Northern Kurdish

Etymology

From Armenian ??? (ho?).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ho?x/

Noun

hox m (Arabic spelling ????)

1. plowed field

   Synonym: beyar

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2003) , “hox”, in Kurdish–English Dictionary, with selected etymologies by Martin Schwartz, New Haven and London: Yale University Press

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