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meth
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /m??/
- Rhymes: -??
Etymology 1
Clipping of methamphetamine.
Noun
meth (countable and uncountable, plural meths)
- (informal) Methamphetamine, especially in the form of the crystalline hydrochloride.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- tweaker
Etymology 2
Clipping of methadone.
Noun
meth (countable and uncountable, plural meths)
- (informal) Methadone.
Etymology 3
From meths or methylated spirits, as stereotypically drunk by tramps.
Noun
meth (plural meths)
- (derogatory, Liverpudlian, Manchester) A tramp.
See also
- wino
Etymology 4
From metheglin, from Welsh meddyglyn, from meddyg (“medicinal”) (from Latin medicus) + llyn (“liquor”) (cognate with Irish lionn and Gaelic leann).
Noun
meth (countable and uncountable, plural meths)
- A spiced mead, originally from Wales.
Etymology 5
Clipping of method, which see.
Noun
meth (countable and uncountable, plural meths)
- (slang) Marijuana.
Anagrams
- them
Middle English
Noun
meth
- Alternative form of mede (“mead (beverage)”)
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coke
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)
- (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)
- (transitive) To produce coke from coal.
- (intransitive) To turn into coke.
- (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)
- (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)
- (uncountable, informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (cola-based soft drink, especially Coca-Cola).
- (countable, informal) Alternative letter-case form of Coke (a serving of cola-based soft drink, especially Coca-Cola).
- (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)
- (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)
- (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)
- coke (form of carbon)
Derived terms
- cokerie
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English coke (“cocaine”).
Noun
coke f (plural cokes)
- 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)
- coke (form of carbon)
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