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/kˈoʊtʃɪŋ/ Listen

noun

coaching n. The job of a professional coach.

Synonyms: coaching job.

verb

Coach v. t. (past & past part. coached; pres. part. coaching)

To convey in a coach.

To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction. (Colloq.) "I coached him before he got his scholarship."

Coach v. i. To drive or to ride in a coach; sometimes used with it. (Colloq.) "Coaching it to all quarters."

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Etymology of 'Coaching'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Coaching" Quotes from Famous Books

... shan't have to do any sums for that, you know. I shall only have to know Greek, and isn't it a shame, Miss Quincey, they won't let me learn it till I'm in the Fourth, and I never shall be. But—don't tell any one—they've stuck me here, behind her now, and when she's coaching that young idiot ...

— Superseded • May Sinclair

... quickened under his coaching, and as the boat swung inboard I was sent forward to let go the jibs. Wolf Larsen, at the wheel, directed the Ghost after the ...

— The Sea-Wolf • Jack London

... talking in the Tone used by Muggsy McGraw when he is Coaching the Man who is Playing Off from Second. He was telling how much he Loved his Wife. She would have been Pleased ...

— More Fables • George Ade

... grin. "You said something a second ago: Maggie and Larry! They'll make a wonder of a team! I mean that she'll work under him with the rest of us. I've been thinking about it a long while. Mebbe you haven't guessed it, but we've been coaching her for the part, and she's just about ripe. She's got the looks, and we can dress her right for whatever job's on hand. Oh, Larry'll put over some great ...

— Children of the Whirlwind • Leroy Scott

... to take Sergeant McLaughlan to fetch the hospital washing from a laundry some distance out of the town. He was an old "pug," but had grown too heavy to enter the ring, and kept his hand in coaching the promising young boxers stationed in the vicinity. In consequence, what I did not know about all their different merits was not worth knowing, and after a match had taken place every round was described in full. I grew ...

— Fanny Goes to War • Pat Beauchamp

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