Yup vs Cox - What's the difference?
yup | cox |
(informal) A yes; an affirmative answer.
* 1984 , Graduating engineer, Volumes 6-7 (page 147)
* 2003 , Susie Moloney, The Dwelling (page 278)
A coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew.
To act as coxswain for.
As nouns the difference between yup and cox
is that yup is a yes; an affirmative answer while cox is a coxswain of a boat, especially of a racing crew.As a particle yup
is yes.As an initialism YUP
is Yale University PressAs a verb cox is
to act as coxswain for.As a proper noun Cox is
{{surname|A=An|English|from=Middle English}} for either son of, or servant of someone named Cocke or Cook.yup
English
Noun
(en noun)- But you positively must have much, much more than the laconic "yups " and "nups" of the John Waynes and Gary Coopers...
- Petey's end was all yups and nopes. And an okay.
Antonyms
* (l)Anagrams
* ----cox
English
Noun
(coxes)Derived terms
* coxlessVerb
(es)- The physicist Stephen Hawking used to cox a college rowing team.