cog in Gujarati ગુજરાતી
cog in Marathi मराठी
cog in Sindhi سنڌي
cog in English
- cog⇄cog (1), noun.
1. one of a series of teeth on the edge of a cogwheel or gear. A cog transfers motion by locking into the teeth of a similar wheel.
Ex. The principle of both clocks and watches is that a number of wheels, locked together by cogs - cog⇄cog (2), noun, verb, cogged,cogging.
(Carpentry.) - cog⇄cog (3), verb, cogged,cogging,noun.
- cog⇄cog (4), noun.
1. a small boat; cockboat.
2. a type of sailing ship once used in Scandinavia, England, and Holland. It had a clinker-built hull and one large square sail. - cog⇄expr. slip a cog, to make a mistake.
Ex. Many censors' howlers represent nothing more sinister than society's self-protective mechanisms slipping a cog or two (Manchester Guardian Weekly). - cog⇄noun (Obsolete.) a deception; trick; fraud.
- cog⇄noun a projection, tenon, or tooth on one piece of wood that fits into a notch on another piece to make a joint.
- cog⇄v.i. to cheat at dice.
- cog⇄v.t. 1a. to handle (dice) dishonestly.
b. to load (dice) or use (loaded dice).
2. (Obsolete.) to beguile; deceive.
3. (Obsolete.) to wheedle; cajole.
Ex. Jesting and frisking ... to cog a laughter from us (Milton).
4. (O - cog⇄v.t., v.i. to connect by means of a cog.