Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
OK
OK, O.K., okay, okey, okeh
(noun) an endorsement; “they gave us the O.K. to go ahead”
Oklahoma, Sooner State, OK, Okla.
(noun) a state in south central United States
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Proper noun
Ok (plural er-noun)
Alternative form of Ok. Abbreviation of Oklahoma.
Interjection
Ok
Alternative form of OK (okeh)
Anagrams
• KO, ko
Etymology 1
Noun
OK (plural OKs)
Endorsement; approval.
Synonyms
• (endorsement or approval): approval, endorsement, green light, thumbs up, go-ahead
Verb
OK (third-person singular simple present OKs, present participle OKing, simple past and past participle OKed)
To approve.
(computing) To confirm by activating a button marked OK.
Synonyms
• approve
• greenlight
Adjective
OK (comparative more OK, superlative most OK)
All right, permitted.
Satisfactory, reasonably good; not exceptional.
In good health or a good emotional state.
Synonyms
• (all right, permissible): allowed, all right, permissible
• (satisfactory): adequate, all right, not bad, satisfactory
• (in good health or a good emotional state): fine, well
Antonyms
• (all right, permissible): forbidden
• (satisfactory): bad, inadequate, poor, unsatisfactory
• (in good health or a good emotional state): ill, poorly, sick, under the weather, unwell
Adverb
OK (comparative more OK, superlative most OK)
Satisfactorily, sufficiently well.
Synonyms
• (satisfactorily): adequately, satisfactorily
Antonyms
• (satisfactorily): badly, inadequately, poorly, unsatisfactorily
Interjection
OK
Used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance.
Synonyms: okey-dokey, okeh, okey, k, 'kay, m'kay, A-OK, all right
Used to introduce a sentence in order to draw attention to the importance of what is being said.
Synonyms: now, now then
Used in turn-taking, serving as a request to the speaker to grant the turn to the interrupter.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
OK
United States postal abbreviation for Oklahoma, a state of the United States of America.
Synonyms
• (Oklahoma): Oklahoma, Okla, Okla.
Anagrams
• KO, ko
Adjective
ok
(informal) Alternative letter-case form of OK
Anagrams
• KO, ko
Source: Wiktionary
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