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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.
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
2. to convert into or become coke.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME colke, coke, equiv. to OE col coal + -(o)ca -ock


cokelike, coky, adjective

coke

2[kohk] Slang.
–noun
1. cocaine.
–verb (used with object)
2. to affect with a narcotic drug, esp. with cocaine (usually fol. 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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coke 1   (kōk)   
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.]
coke 2   (kōk)   
n.  Cocaine.
tr.v.   coked, cok·ing, cokes
To affect or intoxicate with cocaine.
Coke   (kōk)   
A trademark used for a soft drink. See Regional Note at tonic.
Coke   (kŏŏk, kōk)   
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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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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Medical Dictionary

coke (kōk)
n.
Cocaine.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
coke
cocaine
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