English Explanatory Dictionary

cogwheel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A gear wheel.
  2. Something behaving in a jerky manner similar to a cogwheel, e.g. cogwheel respiration as a side effect of hyperbaric medicine.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cogwheel.wav

Word forms

cogwheel cogwheels

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gēw- Proto-Indo-European *gugāder. Proto-Germanic *kuggōder. Old Norse *koggrbor. Middle English cogge English cog Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- Proto-Indo-European *kʷekʷléh₂ Proto-Germanic *hweulō Old English hwēol Middle English whel English wheel English cogwheel From cog + wheel.

Synonyms

gear wheel gearwheel cog gear

Related words

cog wheel cog-wheel

Derived words

cogwheeled cogwheeling
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