What is "coke"

Coke \Coke\, n. [Perh. akin to cake, n.] Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where ? smokeless fire is required. [Written also coak.]

Gas coke, the coke formed in gas retorts, as distinguished from that made in ovens.

Coke \Coke\, v. t. To convert into coke.

soft drink, 1909, shortening of brand name Coca-Cola.

shortened form of cocaine, 1908, American English.

"residue of fuel," 1690s, northern English dialect, perhaps a variant of Middle English colke "core, charcoal" (c.1400), itself possibly related to -colc, an Old English word for "pit," which perhaps would give it a sense of "what is left in the pit after a fire."

n. 1 (context uncountable informal English) Cola-based soft drink. 2 # (context in particular English) Coca-Cola. 3 (context countable informal English) A bottle, glass or can of a cola-based soft drink. 4 # (context in particular English) A bottle, glass or can of Coca-Cola. 5 (context US especially Southern US informal English) Any soft drink, regardless of type.

1. n. carbon fuel produced by distillation of coal

2. Coca Cola is a trademarked cola [syn: Coca Cola]

3. street names for cocaine [syn: blow, nose candy, snow, C]

4. v. become coke; "petroleum oils coke after distillation"

Coke may refer to:

• Coca-Cola, a soft drink
  • The Coca-Cola Company, makers of Coca-Cola, Sprite, Fanta, Diet Coke, Coca-Cola Zero, etc.
  • Cola, any soft drink similar to Coca-Cola
  • any soft drink at all
• Cocaine, illicit drug commonly called coke
• Coke (fuel), a solid carbonaceous residue derived from destructive distillation of coal
• Petroleum coke, a solid, carbon-rich residue derived from distillation of crude oil
• Coke County, Texas, a county in central Texas, United States
• COKE (programming language), a FOCAL-based programming language

Coke is a fuel with few impurities and a high carbon content, usually made from coal. It is the solid carbonaceous material derived from destructive distillation of low-ash, low-sulfur bituminous coal. Cokes made from coal are grey, hard, and porous. While coke can be formed naturally, the commonly used form is man-made. The form known as petroleum coke, or pet coke, is derived from oil refinery coker units or other cracking processes.

Coke is used in preparation of producer gas which is a mixture of carbon monoxide and nitrogen. Producer gas is produced by passing air over red-hot coke. Coke is also used to manufacture water gas.

Jorge Andújar Moreno (born 26 April 1987), known as Coke, is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for German club FC Schalke 04 as a right back.

He began his career at Rayo Vallecano, who he helped rise from Segunda División B into La Liga, totalling 204 official appearances. In 2011 he joined Sevilla, with whom he won the Europa League three times.

Coke is the first album by the former Santana and Azteca band member Coke Escovedo. The album was produced by Patrick Gleeson and released in 1975.

Coke is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

• Christopher Coke (b. 1969), alleged drug lord in Jamaica
• David Coke (1915–1941), a British pilot during World War II
• Dorothy Coke (1897-1979), a British artist
• Edward Coke (1552–1634), English entrepreneur and jurist
• Edward Coke (1758–1837), a British politician and landowner
• Edward Coke, 7th Earl of Leicester (1936–2015), a British earl
• Giles Coke, an English footballer
• John Coke (1563–1644), an English politician
• John Talbot Coke (1841-1912), British Army Major-general and author of a Coke family history
• Peter Coke (1913–2008), a British actor, playwright and artist
• Phil Coke, an American major league baseball pitcher on the Tigers as of 2010-2011
• Richard Coke, an American lawyer, farmer, and statesman
• Richard Coke, Jr., a Virginia congressman
• Richard Toby Coke (born 1954), an English politician
• Thomas Coke (bishop) (1747–1814), the first Methodist Bishop
• Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (seventh creation) (1754–1842), agricultural reformer