COKE

coke, blow, nose candy, snow

(noun) street names for cocaine

coke

(noun) carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal

coke

(verb) become coke; “petroleum oils coke after distillation”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

coke (uncountable)

(uncountable) Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.

The plant should produce approximately 550,000 tons of screened blast furnace coke per year.

Verb

coke (third-person singular simple present cokes, present participle coking, simple past and past participle coked)

(transitive) To produce coke from coal.

(intransitive) To turn into coke.

(automotive) To add deleterious carbon deposits as a byproduct of combustion.

Etymology 2

Noun

coke (uncountable)

(informal, slang, uncountable) Cocaine.

Etymology 3

1909, from the name of the American company Coca-Cola and the beverage it produced; the drink was named for two of its original ingredients, coca leaves and cola nut.

Noun

coke (plural cokes)

(uncountable, informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (cola-based soft drink, especially Coca-Cola).

(countable, informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (a serving of cola-based soft drink, especially Coca-Cola).

(US, chiefly, Southern US, informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (any soft drink, regardless of type).

Synonyms

• (soft drink): see the list at soda

Etymology

Noun

Coke (plural Cokes)

(uncountable, informal) Cola-based soft drink.

(in particular) Coca-Cola.

(countable, informal) A bottle, glass or can of a cola-based soft drink.

(in particular) A bottle, glass or can of Coca-Cola.

(US, especially, Southern US, informal) Any soft drink, regardless of type.

Synonyms

• (soft drink): see the list at soda

Source: Wiktionary


Coke, n. Etym: [Perh. akin to cake, n.]

Definition: Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where [Written also coak.] Gas coke, the coke formed in gas retorts, as distinguished from that made in ovens.

Coke, v. t.

Definition: To convert into coke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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