coke
coke Lexical Profile
coke Game Scores & Validity
• noun
An informal, shortened name for Coca-Cola, a sweet, carbonated cola beverage, or a serving of this drink.
"She ordered a cheeseburger and a glass of ice-cold Coke at the diner."
A common slang term for cocaine, a powerful and addictive central nervous system stimulant extracted from coca leaves.
"Undercover narcotics officers intercepted a shipment of illicit coke at the border."
A grey, hard, and porous carbon-rich fuel with a high heating value, produced by heating coal or oil in the absence of air to drive off volatile constituents.
"The blast furnace requires huge quantities of metallurgical coke to smelt iron ore into pig iron."
• verb
To convert coal or heavy petroleum residue into industrial coke by heating it in an oxygen-free oven.
"The refinery cokes the heavy crude oil residue in giant thermal drums to maximize fuel recovery."
Word Nuance & Usage
When capitalized as 'Coke', it is a registered trademark for the soft drink Coca-Cola, though in parts of the southern United States it is used colloquially as a generic term for any carbonated soft drink.
• Rhymes for coke
Word Origin & Etymology
In its industrial sense as a fuel, the word dates to the 17th century from northern English dialect 'colk' (core or charcoal). The beverage and drug senses arose independently in the early 20th century as clip-words of 'Coca-Cola' and 'cocaine', respectively.