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coke

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coke

1   [kohk] noun, verb, coked, cok·ing. Chemistry
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.
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verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2.
to convert into or become coke.

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of or containing titanium, especially in the tetravalent state or three valence state
an atomic spatial arrangement that results from rotation of carbon atoms about single bonds within an organic molecule
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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English colke, coke, equivalent to Old English col coal + -(o)ca -ock

Related forms
coke·like, cok·y, adjective
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coke

2   [kohk] Slang.
noun
1.
cocaine.
verb (used with object)
2.
to affect with a narcotic drug, especially with cocaine (usually followed by up or out).
Origin:
1905–10, Americanism; short for cocaine

Coke

   [kook]
noun
Sir Edward, 1552–1634, English jurist and writer on law.
Also, Cooke.
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coke1 (kəʊk)
 
—n
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
 
—vb
3.  to become or convert into coke
 
[C17: probably a variant of C14 northern English dialect colk core, of obscure origin]

coke2 (kəʊk)
 
—n
slang short for cocaine

Coke1 (kəʊk)
 
—n
trademark short for Coca-Cola

Coke2 (kʊk, kəʊk)
 
—n
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.  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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Main Entry:  Coke
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  See Coca-Cola
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Word Origin & History

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 (kōk)
n.
Cocaine.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
coke
cocaine
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