cog

Other forms of cog

plural

cogs·

past tense or participle

cogged

present participle

cogging

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about cog

What does cog mean?

cog means "a subordinate who performs an important but routine function". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cog?

cog has 1 syllable: cog. In IPA it is /ˈkɔɡ/.

What is another word for cog?

Close synonyms include sprocket. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cog a common word?

cog is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.