coke

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noun (1)

ˈkōk 

: the residue of coal left after destructive distillation and used as fuel

also : a similar residue left by other materials (such as petroleum) distilled to dryness

coke

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verb

coked; coking

transitive verb

: to change into coke

intransitive verb

: to become coke or like coke

coke

3 of 4

noun (2)

: cocaine

Coke

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trademark

ˈkōk 

—used for a cola drink

Examples of coke in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Maybe next time, Andrew Garfield can be the one who lets DiCaprio do coke off his crack. —Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025

An entire rise to mega-stardom is represented by a blur of radio-announcer voices and coke lines. —David Fear, Rolling Stone, 25 Dec. 2024

Verb

Keeping the mine running as long as possible was critical for Metinvest, which relied on coking coal to smelt iron ore into steel at its factories further west. —Daria Mitiuk Finbarr O’Reilly, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2025

Reuters reported on Monday, citing two industry sources, that the country's only coking coal mine supplying Ukraine's steel manufacturing was shut down as advancing Russian forces close in on the site. —John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

perhaps from dialect coke, colk core, from Middle English; akin to Swedish kälk pith

Noun (2)

by shortening & alteration

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1669, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1763, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Noun (2)

circa 1903, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

coke

1 of 3 noun

ˈkōk 

: gray lumps of fuel with pores made by heating soft coal in a closed chamber until some of its gases have passed off

coke

2 of 3 noun

: cocaine

Coke

3 of 3 trademark

ˈkōk 

—used for a cola drink

Biographical Definition

Coke

biographical name

ˈku̇k 

ˈkōk

Sir Edward 1552–1634 Lord Coke English jurist