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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Clipping of Coca-Cola. See coke (“cola”).
Alternative forms
Noun
Coke (countable and uncountable, plural Cokes)
- (countable, uncountable, informal) Cola-based soft drink; (in particular) Coca-Cola.
- (countable, informal) A bottle, glass or can of Coca-Cola or a cola-based soft drink.
1951, J. D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye, Boston, Mass.: Little, Brown and Company, →OCLC, page 168: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.
1958, Franklin Martin, “The Trouble with Mrs. Benton”, in Venus, volume 1, number 1, Garden of Eve Publications, page 16:'You have a coke and I'll have a beer and we can talk business.'
- (US, especially Southern US, informal) Any soft drink, regardless of type.
Synonyms
- (soft drink): see the list at soda
Translations
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Coke
- A surname
Derived terms