Definitions of coax
British English : coax If you coax someone into doing something, you gently try to persuade them to do it. VERBAfter lunch, she watched, listened, and coaxed him into talking about himself.
verb
- to seek to manipulate or persuade (someone) by tenderness, flattery, pleading, etc
- (transitive) to obtain by persistent coaxing
- (transitive) to work on or tend (something) carefully and patiently so as to make it function as one desires ⇒ ■ he coaxed the engine into starting
- (transitive) (obsolete ) to caress
- (transitive) (obsolete ) to deceive
noun
- short for coaxial cable