0 the person who sits in the back of a rowing boat and controls its direction: --
1 to act as a cox: --
2 an abbreviation for cyclooxygenase: an enzyme that causes a chemical reaction in the body, one of the results of which is pain and inflammation (= red, painful, swollen areas). There are two different kinds of COX, COX-1 and COX-2: --
COX-2 inhibitors
It has four sweep-oared rowers and a cox.
While coxless pairs and fours are commonplace, because of the speed and lack of maneuverability eights always have a cox.
He enjoyed being coxless, as if he were waiting all his life to be without cox.
A war canoe holds 15 paddlers including one coxswain, or cox, for steering.
After competing in sculling for four years she tried out as a cox.
The cox steers the boat using a rudder and is normally seated at the stern of the boat.
A cox must be positive, a good motivator and very encouraging.
Single scullers usually steer themselves, but some single skiffs allow for a cox/passenger as well.
