coke

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[ kohk ]
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noun
  1. 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.

verb (used with or without object),coked, cok·ing.
  1. to convert into or become coke.

Origin of coke

1
1375–1425; late Middle English colke, coke, equivalent to Old English colcoal + -(o)ca-ock

Other words from coke

  • cokelike, coky, adjective

Words Nearby coke

Other definitions for coke (2 of 4)

coke2
[ kohk ]

noun
verb (used with object)
  1. to bring (oneself) to a specified state or point by using cocaine: She drank and smoked and coked herself into a heart attack.Sadly, this promising hockey player coked himself out of an NHL job.

Verb Phrases
  1. coke up / out to drug (oneself or another), especially with cocaine: The episode starts with her haggardly coking up and then packing her kids off to school.They coked her out, stole all her cash, and left her wandering in an unfamiliar neighborhood.

Origin of coke

2
An Americanism first recorded in 1905–10; short for cocaine

Other definitions for Coke (3 of 4)

Coke1
[ kohk ]

noun(sometimes lowercase)South Midland and Southern U.S.
  1. a carbonated soft drink.

Origin of Coke

3
From Coke, the brand name of a carbonated cola drink

Other definitions for Coke (4 of 4)

Coke2

or Cooke

[ kook ]

noun
  1. Sir Edward, 1552–1634, English jurist and writer on law.

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British Dictionary definitions for coke (1 of 4)

coke1

/ (kəʊk) /


noun
  1. 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

  2. any similar material, such as the layer formed in the cylinders of a car engine by incomplete combustion of the fuel

verb
  1. to become or convert into coke

Origin of coke

1
C17: probably a variant of C14 northern English dialect colk core, of obscure origin

British Dictionary definitions for coke (2 of 4)

coke2

/ (kəʊk) /


noun
  1. slang short for cocaine

British Dictionary definitions for Coke (3 of 4)

Coke1

/ (kəʊk) /


noun
  1. trademark short for Coca-Cola

British Dictionary definitions for Coke (4 of 4)

Coke2

/ (kʊk, kəʊk) /


noun
  1. 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

  2. (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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