different between cocaine vs snowbird

English

Alternative forms

• cocain (dated)
• cocaïne (obsolete)

Etymology

From coca +? -ine, from Quechua kuka.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?(?)?ke?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ko??ke?n/, /?ko??ke?n/
• Rhymes: -e?n

Noun

cocaine (countable and uncountable, plural cocaines)

1. (uncountable, pharmacology) An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.

   Synonyms: blow, coke, girl, nose candy, powder, rock, slim, snow, snuff, white lady, yay; see also Thesaurus:cocaine
2. (countable) Any derivative of cocaine.

Derived terms

• -caine

Related terms

• cokehead
• hydroxytropacocaine
• tropacocaine

Translations

See also

• crack
• snort

Further reading

• “cocaine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “cocaine”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
• cocaine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Oceanic, oceanic

Italian

Noun

cocaine f

1. plural of cocaina

Anagrams

• acneico
• oceanic

English

Etymology

snow +? bird

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?sn??b??d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?sno?b??d/

Noun

snowbird (plural snowbirds)

1. A bird, Junco hyemalis, the dark-eyed junco.
2. A bird seen primarily in the winter time.
3. The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis).
4. A person, usually one who is retired, who travels from a cold climate to a warmer one in the winter.
5. (slang) A cocaine user.

Derived terms

• blue snowbird
• Snowbird Mountains

Translations

See also

• junco
• Wikipedia article on snowbirds (people).