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Word entry · 3 letters

cog

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"Gear tooth"

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3 lettersPronunciation /kɒɡ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted cgoStarts with CEnds with G1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. join pieces of wood with cogs

Word origin

Inherited from Middle English cogge, from Old Norse *kogge, *koggr (see Old Swedish kogge, kogger), from Proto-Germanic *kuggō (“cog, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *gugā (“hump, ball”), from *gēw- (“to bend, arch”). Compare Lithuanian gugà (“pommel, hump, hill”).

Used in a sentence

  • just a cog in the machine
  • 1976, Norman Denny (English translation), Victor Hugo (original French), Les Misérables ‘There are twenty-five of us, but they don’t reckon I’m worth anything. I’m just a cog in the machine.’
  • 1988, David Mamet, Speed-the-Plow Your boss tells you “take initiative,” you best guess right—and you do, then you get no credit. Day-in, … smiling, smiling, just a cog.

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