cocaine
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- 11
- Words With Friends
- 14
- Letters
- 7
/kə(ʊ)ˈkeɪn/
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/kə(ʊ)ˈkeɪn/ · /ˈkəʊkeɪˌʌɪn/ · /koʊˈkeɪn/ · /ˈkoʊˌkeɪn/ · /kɵˈkɛjn/ · /kɵˈken/
Definition of cocaine
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (uncountable)An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.
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noun
- (uncountable)An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.
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(countable, uncountable, usually)An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.
“Holmes, who loathed every form of society with his whole Bohemian soul, remained in our lodgings in Baker-street, buried among his old books, and alternating from week to week between cocaine and ambition, the drowsiness of the drug, and the fierce energy of his own keen nature.”
“All I get, uh, is this cup of cold coffee and cocaine / And your ugly face, look out”
“Cocaine’s awfully expensive stuff, isn't it? Is it worth it?”
- (countable)Any chemical derivative of this drug.
verb
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Synonym of cocainize.
“[…] cocaining the eye, then introducing a speculum, or having an assistant hold the lids open with retractors.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From coca + -ine, from Quechua kuka. First use appears c. 1874.
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