coke
pronunciation
How to pronounce coke in British English:
UK [kəʊk]
How to pronounce coke in American English:
US [koʊk]
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- Noun:
- carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal
- street names for cocaine
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- Verb:
- become coke
Word Origin
- coke (n.2)
- shortened form of cocaine, 1908, American English.
- coke (n.1)
- "residue of fuel," 1690s, northern English dialect, perhaps a variant of Middle English colke "core, charcoal" (c. 1400), itself possibly related to -colc, an Old English word for "pit," which perhaps would give it a sense of "what is left in the pit after a fire."
- Coke
- soft drink, 1909, shortening of brand name Coca-Cola.
Example
- 1. Could you send up a coke and a salad ?
- 2. But coke 's local managers soon realised indians preferred thums up .
- 3. Mr coke 's lawyers are reportedly talking to american officials .
- 4. Chairman of hidili industry international development , a coke and raw coal mining company .
- 5. Would you like to drink diet coke ?