different between coke vs slack

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k??k/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ko?k/
• Rhymes: -??k

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Middle English colke.

Alternative forms

• coak (obsolete)

Noun

coke (uncountable)

1. (uncountable) 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.
   • The plant should produce approximately 550,000 tons of screened blast furnace coke per year.

Derived terms

• biocoke

Translations

Verb

coke (third-person singular simple present cokes, present participle coking, simple past and past participle coked)

1. (transitive) To produce coke from coal.
2. (intransitive) To turn into coke.
3. (automotive) To add deleterious carbon deposits as a byproduct of combustion.

Derived terms

• decoke
• decoking

Translations

Etymology 2

Originated circa 1908 in American English as a clipping of cocaine.

Noun

coke (uncountable)

1. (informal, slang, uncountable) Cocaine.

Translations

See also

• coca

Etymology 3

1909, from the name of the American company Coca-Cola and the beverage it produced; the drink was named for two of its original ingredients, coca leaves and cola nut.

Noun

coke (plural cokes)

1. (uncountable, informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (cola-based soft drink, especially Coca-Cola).
2. (countable, informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (a serving of cola-based soft drink, especially Coca-Cola).
3. (US, chiefly Southern US, informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (any soft drink, regardless of type).

Synonyms

• (soft drink): see the list at soda

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “coke”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ko?k/
• Hyphenation: coke
• Rhymes: -o?k
• Homophone: kook

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English coke.

Noun

coke m (plural cokes)

1. (chiefly in the plural) coke (type of processed carbon used as fuel)

Usage notes

The singular is less common than the plural form in Dutch, which may also be used like an uncountable singular.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English coke.

Noun

coke m (uncountable)

1. (slang) cocaine, coke

   Synonym: cocaïne

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?k/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English coke (“residue from roasting in a coal oven”).

Noun

coke m (plural cokes)

1. coke (form of carbon)

Derived terms

• cokerie

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English coke (“cocaine”).

Noun

coke f (plural cokes)

1. coke (cocaine)

Synonyms

• cocaïne

Further reading

• “coke” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Noun

coke m (invariable)

1. coke (form of carbon)

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slæk/
• Rhymes: -æk

Etymology 1

From Middle English slak, from Old English slæc (“slack”), from Proto-Germanic *slakaz. For sense of coal dust, compare slag.

Noun

slack (countable and uncountable, plural slacks)

1. (uncountable) The part of anything that hangs loose, having no strain upon it.

2. (countable) A tidal marsh or shallow that periodically fills and drains.
3. (uncountable, psychotherapy) Unconditional listening attention given by client to patient.
   • 1979, Richard Dean Rosen, Psychobabble (page 93)

     The counselor is directed to give his client "free attention," or "slack," performing a kind of vigil, a version of Carl Rogers's "unconditional positive regard."

   • 1983, Harvey Jackins, The Reclaiming of Power (page 14)

     We have apparently been doing this all our lives, since we were first distressed. This collection of ancient habits seems to be "energized" by the presence, or even the promise, of "slack" or free attention from any person in the situation […]

Synonyms

• (tidal marsh): slough

Translations

Adjective

slack (comparative slacker, superlative slackest)

1. (normally said of a rope) Lax; not tense; not firmly extended.

2. Weak; not holding fast.

3. Moderate in some capacity.
   1. Moderately warm.

   2. Moderate in speed.

4. lacking diligence or care; not earnest or eager.
5. Not active, successful, or violent.
6. Excess; surplus to requirements.

7. (slang, Caribbean, Jamaican) vulgar; sexually explicit, especially in dancehall music.
8. (linguistics) Lax.

Synonyms

• (not violent, rapid, or pressing): slow, moderate, easy

Derived terms

• slacken
• slack-jawed
• slackness

Translations

Adverb

slack (not comparable)

1. Slackly.

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English slakken, slaken, from Old English slacian, from Proto-Germanic *slak?n? (“to slack, slacken”).

Verb

slack (third-person singular simple present slacks, present participle slacking, simple past and past participle slacked)

1. To slacken.

   • In this business of growing rich, poor men […] should slack their pace.

2. (obsolete) To mitigate; to reduce the strength of.
3. To lose cohesion or solidity by a chemical combination with water; to slake.

Derived terms

• slack off

Translations

Etymology 3

Either from the adjective in Etymology 1 or the verb in Etymology 2.

Noun

slack (plural slacks)

1. (rail transport) A temporary speed restriction where track maintenance or engineering work is being carried out at a particular place.

Etymology 4

From Middle English slak, from Old Norse slakki (“a slope”). Cognate with Icelandic slakki, Norwegian slakke.

Noun

slack (plural slacks)

1. (countable) A valley, or small, shallow dell.

Etymology 5

Probably from German Schlacke (“dross, slag”). Doublet of slag.

Noun

slack (uncountable)

1. (mining) Small coal; coal dust.
   • 1905, Colliery Engineer (volume 25, page 107)

     One of the important improvements of recent years has been attained by mixing the peat pulp as it passes through the grinding machine, with other inflammable materials, such as bituminous coal dust, or slack […]

Synonyms

• culm

Derived terms

• nutty slack

Anagrams

• calks, kcals, lacks