coke¹

[kohk]Chemistry

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noun

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.

to convert into or become coke.

Origin of coke¹

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

Related formscoke·like, cok·y, adjective

coke²

[kohk]Slang.

noun

cocaine.

verb (used with object)

to drug (oneself), especially with cocaine (usually followed by up or out).

Origin of coke²

1905–10, Americanism; short for cocaine

Coke¹

[kohk]

noun (sometimes lowercase) South Midland and Southern U.S.

a carbonated soft drink.

Origin of Coke¹

from Coke, the brand name of a carbonated cola drink

Coke²

or Cooke

[koo k]

noun

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

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Contemporary Examples

He would shake a chilled Coke, and then spray the soda into a cold glass of milk.
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At his trial, he also said he was hooked on coke from the age of 8.
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There was a lot of weed, he snorted a ton of coke, was guzzling Bloody Marys.
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And will Pam and Cheryl revert back from the Coke Monster and Cherlene?
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Five minutes later, Grace bounds down the stationary escalator, clutching a bacon cheeseburger and a Coke.
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May 4, 2014

Historical Examples

To produce this it is estimated that 225,000 tons of coal and coke were consumed.
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Maurice Joblin
In the waiting-room there was a coke fire, very red and hollow, and a dim lamp.
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M. E. Braddon
Would you throw a gallop into a horse with his leg full of coke?
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Charles E. (Charles Emmett) Van Loan
"The coke will die out before he's gone half a mile," said Engle.
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The ten francs were to make up the amount of a bill she had given her coke merchant.
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Emile Zola

British Dictionary definitions for coke

coke¹

noun

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

verb

to become or convert into coke

Word Origin

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

coke²

noun

slang short for cocaine

Coke¹

noun

trademark short for Coca-Cola

Coke²

noun

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."

Coke

soft drink, 1909, shortening of brand name Coca-Cola.

n.2

shortened form of cocaine, 1908, American English.

coke in Medicine

coke

(kōk)

Cocaine.

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coke2

Origin of coke2

Coke1

Origin of Coke1

Coke2

or Cooke

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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.

There was a lot of weed, he snorted a ton of coke, was guzzling Bloody Marys.

And will Pam and Cheryl revert back from the Coke Monster and Cherlene?

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.

In the waiting-room there was a coke fire, very red and hollow, and a dim lamp.

Would you throw a gallop into a horse with his leg full of coke?

"The coke will die out before he's gone half a mile," said Engle.

The ten francs were to make up the amount of a bill she had given her coke merchant.

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