Meaning of Coke | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Cocaine.
   informal, slang, uncountable
2. Alternative letter-case form of Coke (cola-based soft drink, especially Coca-Cola).
   alt-of, informal, uncountable
3. Solid residue from roasting coal in a coke oven; used principally as a fuel and in the production of steel and formerly as a domestic fuel.
   uncountable
4. Cola-based soft drink; (in particular) Coca-Cola.
   countable, informal, uncountable
5. A surname
6. Alternative letter-case form of Coke (a serving of cola-based soft drink, especially Coca-Cola).
   alt-of, countable, informal
7. A bottle, glass or can of Coca-Cola or a cola-based soft drink.
   countable, informal
8. Alternative letter-case form of Coke (any soft drink, regardless of type).
   Southern-US, US, alt-of, informal
9. Any soft drink, regardless of type.
   Southern-US, US, countable, especially, informal, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The plant should produce approximately 550,000 tons of screened blast furnace coke per year.”

“At Ho-pi (Hopi) in northern Honan two modern shafts were under construction in 1957-8; but the coal from Ho-pi is expected to be of rather poor quality and so will be mixed with rich coal from P'ing-ting-shan (Pingtingshan) in central Honan for coke making.”

“The waiter came up, and I ordered a Coke for her—she didn't drink—and a Scotch and soda for myself, but the sonuvabitch wouldn't bring me one, so I had a Coke, too.”

“'You have a coke and I'll have a beer and we can talk business.'”

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