Coke
nounproper nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//kəʊk//
- Canada//koʊk//
Cola-based soft drink; (in particular) Coca-Cola.
noun
- 1
informalCola-based soft drink; (in particular) Coca-Cola.
- 2
informalA bottle, glass or can of Coca-Cola or a cola-based soft drink.
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.'
- 3
informalAny soft drink, regardless of type.
Etymology
Etymology tree Aymarader. Quechua kukabor. Aymara kukabor. Spanish cocabor. English coca Niger-Congoder. English cola English Coca-Colaclip. English Coke Clipping of Coca-Cola. See coke (“cola”).
proper noun
- 1
A surname
Forms
- plural
- Cokes
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