coke

¹

[ kohk ]

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 or without object)

, coked, cok·ing.

1. to convert into or become coke.

Coke

²

[ kohk ]

noun

, (sometimes lowercase)

1. a carbonated soft drink.

coke

³

[ kohk ]

noun

1. cocaine ( def ).

verb (used with object)

1. to bring (oneself) to a specified state or point by using cocaine:

   She drank and smoked and coked herself into a heart attack.

   Sadly, this promising hockey player coked himself out of an NHL job.

verb phrase

1. to drug (oneself or another), especially with cocaine:

   The episode starts with her haggardly coking up and then packing her kids off to school.

   They coked her out, stole all her cash, and left her wandering in an unfamiliar neighborhood.

Coke

⁴

or Cooke

[ kook ]

noun

1. Sir Edward, 1552–1634, English jurist and writer on law.

coke

¹

/ kəʊk /

noun

1. slang.
   short for cocaine

Coke

²

/ kʊk; kəʊk /

noun

1. CokeSir Edward15521634MEnglishLAW: jurist 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. kʊk CokeThomas William, 1st Earl of Leicester17521842MEnglishTECHNOLOGY: agriculturalist 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

Coke

³

/ kəʊk /

noun

1. short for Coca-Cola

coke

⁴

/ kəʊk /

noun

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

verb

1. to become or convert into coke

Other Words From

• cokelike coky adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of coke¹

1375–1425; late Middle English colke, coke, equivalent to Old English col coal + -( o ) ca -ock

Origin of coke²

From Coke, the brand name of a carbonated cola drink

Origin of coke³

An Americanism first recorded in 1905–10; short for cocaine

Word History and Origins

Origin of coke¹

C17: probably a variant of C14 northern English dialect colk core, of obscure origin

Example Sentences

President Biden’s clean air policy has been characterized by a spate of new rules to curb toxic air pollution from a variety of facilities, including petroleum coke ovens, synthetic manufacturing facilities, and steel mills.

From Salon

The works technical manager for the coke, sinter and iron department added: "Working in this industry, the scale of it is absolutely huge. It is still very impressive every time I go in there."

From BBC

Blast furnaces use coke in the process of creating "virgin" steel but the process generates carbon dioxide while electric arc furnaces are mostly used to melt down and repurpose scrap steel.

From BBC

Later in the show, Davidson told the crowd that despite quitting “coke and ketamine,” he still smokes weed: “I’m holding on for a little bit longer.”

From Los Angeles Times

He said there was "no significant need" for the coal because UK steel manufacturers plan to use electric furnaces instead of coking coal.

From BBC

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