| Main Entry: | Coke |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See Coca-Cola |
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Audio Help [kohk] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, coked, cok·ing. Chemistry
Audio Help [kohk] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, coked, cok·ing. Chemistry –noun
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
| 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. |
| 2. | to convert into or become coke. |
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| 1. | cocaine. |
| 2. | to affect with a narcotic drug, esp. with cocaine (usually fol. by up or out). |
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Coke
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| Sir Edward, 1552–1634, English jurist and writer on law. |
Also, Cooke.
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| coke 1
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n. The solid residue of impure carbon obtained from bituminous coal and other carbonaceous materials after removal of volatile material by destructive distillation. It is used as a fuel and in making steel. tr. & intr.v. coked, cok·ing, cokes To convert or be converted into coke. [Perhaps from Middle English colk, core.] |
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| coke 2
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n. Cocaine. tr.v. coked, cok·ing, cokes To affect or intoxicate with cocaine. |
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| Coke
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A trademark used for a soft drink. See Regional Note at tonic. |
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| Coke
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English jurist who as chief justice of the Court of Common Pleas (1606-1616) ruled that the common law is supreme law, even when the Crown disagrees. |
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coke
1699, northern Eng. dial., perhaps a variant of M.E. colke "core, charcoal," itself possibly related to -colc, an O.E. word for "pit." The soft drink name is a shortening (first recorded 1909) of brand name Coca-Cola, trademark from 1887. As a shortened form of cocaine it dates from 1908, Amer.Eng.
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| coke | |
noun | |
| 1. | carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal |
| 2. | Coca Cola is a trademarked cola [syn: Coca Cola] |
| 3. | street names for cocaine |
verb | |
| 1. | become coke; "petroleum oils coke after distillation" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
coke [kəuk] noun
a type of fuel obtained from coal
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coke (kōk)
n.
Cocaine.
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Coke County, TX (county, FIPS 81) Location: 31.88375 N, 100.53072 W
Population (1990): 3424 (2793 housing units)
Area: 2328.1 sq km (land), 75.5 sq km (water)
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Coke
Coak\ (k[=o]k), n. See Coke, n.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Coke
Coke\, n. [Perh. akin to cake, n.] Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where ? smokeless fire is required. [Written also coak.] Gas coke, the coke formed in gas retorts, as distinguished from that made in ovens.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
| coke cocaine |
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