cog

n.

1. One of a series of teeth, as on the rim of a wheel or gear, whose engagement transmits successive motive force to a corresponding wheel or gear.
2. A cogwheel.
3. A subordinate member of an organization who performs necessary but usually minor or routine functions.

[Middle English cogge, probably of Scandinavian origin, akin to Swedish kugg, kugge.]

cogged cogged adj.

cog² (kŏg, kôg)

v., cogged, cog·ging, cogs.

v.tr.
To load or manipulate (dice) fraudulently.

v.intr.
To cheat, especially at dice.

n.
An instance of cheating; a swindle.

[Origin unknown.]

cog³ (kŏg, kôg)
n.
A tenon projecting from a wooden beam designed to fit into an opening in another beam to form a joint.

tr.v., cogged, cog·ging, cogs.
To join with tenons.

[Alteration (influenced by COG¹) of cock, to join with tenons.]

In addition to the idiom beginning with cog, also see slip a cog.

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In a cogged joint, the solid portion which is left in a timber after it has been notched.

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IN BRIEF: One of the teeth on the outer edge of a wheel of a machine.

The whole machine will not work if even one cog is broken off.

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - tand, tak på tandhjul, lille hjul i stort maskineri

2.
n. - snyderi
v. tr. - forfalske
v. intr. - snyde, spille falsk

3.
n. - tand
v. tr. - fortande, kæmme

4.
n. - kogge

Nederlands (Dutch)
tand(rad), onbelangrijk lid van organisatie

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Tech) dent d'engrenage, pignon, (fig) figure de proue (d'une organisation)

2.
n. - tricherie
v. tr. - frauder, tricher (au lancer de dé)
v. intr. - tricher (dés, jeux)

3.
n. - (Mécan) tenon
v. tr. - denter, édenter, s'engrener, joindre avec des tenons

4.
n. - (Naut) bateau médiéval

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Rädchen, Zahnrad, Zahn, Rädchen (Angestellte in einer Firma, der eine wichtige Rolle spielt)

2.
n. - Betrug, Schwindel
v. - betrügen, beim Würfeln betrügen

3.
n. - Zapfen
v. - mit Zapfen verbinden

4.
n. - Kogge, Handelssegler

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μηχαν.) οδόντωμα, δόντι γραναζιού, (μτφ.) ασήμαντος παράγων, άνθρωπος ή πράγμα δευτερεύουσας σημασίας
v. - (μηχαν.) οδοντώνω, δημιουργώ οδοντώσεις

Italiano (Italian)
dente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - dente (m) de engrenagem, roda (f) dentada
v. - trapacear

Русский (Russian)
выступ, зубец, мелкий чиновник или служащий

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - diente, rueda dentada, espiga, eslabón, pieza, persona que integra una gran organización

2.
n. - instancia de un timo
v. tr. - cargar los dados
v. intr. - hacer trampas en los dados

3.
n. - espiga, almilla
v. tr. - ensamblar a espiga

4.
n. - embarcación medieval

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kugge
v. - förse m kuggar

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 小船

2. 以雄榫连接, 掷骰子时作弊, 吻合, 一致, 诈骗, 雄榫

3. 钝齿, 给...装配齿轮

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
v. tr. - 以雄榫連接
v. intr. - 以雄榫連接, 擲骰子時作弊, 吻合, 一致, 詐騙
n. - 雄榫

2.
n. - 小船

3.
n. - 鈍齒
v. tr. - 給...裝配齒輪

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 톱니바퀴의 이, 큰 조직에서 톱니바퀴의 이와 같은 작은 역할을 하는 사람

2.
n. - 사기
v. tr. - 농간을 부리다
v. intr. - 사기하다

3.
n. - 장부
v. tr. - 장부촉으로 잇다

4.
n. - 작은 어선

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 歯, あまり重要でない人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ترس, عجله مسننه (فعل) يربط بواسطه التروس, المسننه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אדם מאותו מוצא‬
v. tr. - ‮שיטח מטיל מתכת‬
v. intr. - ‮שן (בגלגל שיניים), פעל עם זעזועים (מנוע חשמלי)‬
n. - ‮גלגל שניים, אדם לא חשוב בארגון ("בורג")‬
n. - ‮בליטה בקרש הנכנסת לחור בקרש מחובר אליו, קבוצת קורות התומכת בתקרתמנהרת מכרה‬
v. tr. - ‮חיבר באמצעות הבליטה הנ"ל‬
n. - ‮סוג של ספינה בימי-הביניים‬

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