coaching Definition

coach
noun coaches

1. A railway carriage.
2. A bus designed for long-distance travel.
3. historical
A closed horse-drawn carriage.
4. A trainer or instructor, especially in sport.

Thesaurus: instructor, trainer, tutor, teacher, mentor, guide.
5. A private tutor, especially one who prepares pupils for examinations.

verb coaches, coached, coaching

tr & intr
1a. To train in a sport, etc;

Thesaurus: drill, exercise, train, instruct, prepare, teach.
tr & intr
1b. To teach privately.
intr
2. To go or travel by coach.

Derivative: coaching

Instruction or tuition.

historical
Travel by coach.

Idiom: drive a coach and horses through something

colloq
To point out obvious flaws in an argument, laws, etc and thereby refute it.

Etymology: 16c: French coche, from Hungarian kocsi, named after Kocs in Hungary.