coke1
[kohk]Chemistry
- the solid product resulting from the destructive distillation of coal in an oven or closed chamber or by imperfect combustion, consisting principally of carbon: used chiefly as a fuel in metallurgy to reduce metallic oxides to metals.
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- to convert into or become coke.
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Origin of coke1
coke2
[kohk]Slang.
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- to drug (oneself), especially with cocaine (usually followed by up or out).
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Origin of coke2
Coke1
[kohk]
- a carbonated soft drink.
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Origin of Coke1
from Coke, the brand name of a carbonated cola drink
Coke2
or Cooke
[koo k]
- Sir Edward,1552–1634, English jurist and writer on law.
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Examples from the Web for coke
Contemporary Examples
He would shake a chilled Coke, and then spray the soda into a cold glass of milk.
At his trial, he also said he was hooked on coke from the age of 8.
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November 26, 2014
There was a lot of weed, he snorted a ton of coke, was guzzling Bloody Marys.
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November 14, 2014
And will Pam and Cheryl revert back from the Coke Monster and Cherlene?
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August 5, 2014
Five minutes later, Grace bounds down the stationary escalator, clutching a bacon cheeseburger and a Coke.
Historical Examples
To produce this it is estimated that 225,000 tons of coal and coke were consumed.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
In the waiting-room there was a coke fire, very red and hollow, and a dim lamp.
Henry DunbarM. E. Braddon
Would you throw a gallop into a horse with his leg full of coke?
Old Man CurryCharles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
"The coke will die out before he's gone half a mile," said Engle.
Old Man CurryCharles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
The stove was always stuffed with coke and kept things as hot as a Turkish bath.
L'AssommoirEmile Zola
coke1
- a solid-fuel product containing about 80 per cent of carbon produced by distillation of coal to drive off its volatile constituents: used as a fuel and in metallurgy as a reducing agent for converting metal oxides into metals
- any similar material, such as the layer formed in the cylinders of a car engine by incomplete combustion of the fuel
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- to become or convert into coke
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Word Origin
C17: probably a variant of C14 northern English dialect colk core, of obscure origin
coke2
- slang short for cocaine
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Coke1
- trademark short for Coca-Cola
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Coke2
- Sir Edward. 1552–1634, English jurist, noted for his defence of the common law against encroachment from the Crown: the Petition of Right (1628) was largely his work
- (kʊk) Thomas William, 1st Earl of Leicester, known as Coke of Holkham. 1752–1842, English agriculturist: pioneered agricultural improvement and considerably improved productivity at his Holkham estate in Norfolk
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Word Origin and History for coke
n.1
"residue of fuel," 1690s, northern English dialect, perhaps a variant of Middle English colke "core, charcoal" (c.1400), itself possibly related to -colc, an Old English word for "pit," which perhaps would give it a sense of "what is left in the pit after a fire."
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Coke
soft drink, 1909, shortening of brand name Coca-Cola.
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n.2
shortened form of cocaine, 1908, American English.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
coke
(kōk)- Cocaine.
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