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[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.

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RELATED WORDS

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Nearby words

  1. coition,
  2. coitus,
  3. coitus interruptus,
  4. coitus reservatus,
  5. cojones,
  6. coke oven,
  7. coke, sir edward,
  8. coked-up,
  9. cokehead,
  10. coker

Origin of coke

1
1375–1425; late Middle English colke, coke, equivalent to Old English col coal + -(o)ca -ock
Related formscoke·like, cok·y, adjective

coke

2
[kohk]Slang.

noun

cocaine.

verb (used with object)

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

Origin of coke

2
1905–10, Americanism; short for cocaine

Coke

1
[kohk]

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

a carbonated soft drink.

Origin of Coke

1
from Coke, the brand name of a carbonated cola drink

Coke

2

or Cooke

[koo k]

noun

Sir Edward,1552–1634, English jurist and writer on law.
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British Dictionary definitions for coke

coke

1

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 for coke

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

noun

slang short for cocaine

Coke

1

noun

trademark short for Coca-Cola

Coke

2

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
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Medicine definitions for coke

coke

[kōk]

n.

Cocaine.
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