cocaine

• cocain (dated), cocaïne (dated)

From coca +‎ -ine, from Quechua kuka. First use appears c. 1874.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kə(ʊ)ˈkeɪn/, (obsolete) /ˈkəʊkeɪˌʌɪn/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /koʊˈkeɪn/, /ˈkoʊˌkeɪn/
• (Indic) IPA^(key): /kɵˈkɛjn/, (pane–pain merger) /kɵˈken/
• Rhymes: -eɪn

cocaine (countable and uncountable, plural cocaines)

2. (uncountable, organic chemistry, pharmacology) An addictive drug derived from coca (Erythroxylum) or prepared synthetically, used sometimes medicinally as a local anesthetic and, often illegally, as a stimulant.

   Alternative form: coke (clipping)

   1. (usually) The powder form of this drug, specifically.

      Synonyms: blow, girl, nose candy, powder, slim, snow, snuff, white lady, yay; see also Thesaurus:cocaine

      Coordinate terms: rock cocaine, crack cocaine, crack rock, crack; see also Thesaurus:cocaine

      • 1891 June 25, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Adventure I.—A Scandal in Bohemia.”, in Geo[rge] Newnes, editor, The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, volume II, London: George Newnes, Limited, […], published July 1891, →OCLC:

        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.

      • 1983, “Cold Coffee & Cocaine”, performed by Prince:

        All I get, uh, is this cup of cold coffee and cocaine / And your ugly face, look out

      • 1990, Andrew Davies, Michael Dobbs, House of Cards, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Frank Urquhart (Ian Richardson):

        Cocaine’s awfully expensive stuff, isn't it? Is it worth it?

3. (countable) Any chemical derivative of this drug.

• cokehead
• hydroxytropacocaine
• tropacocaine

• crack
• snort
• yay

cocaine (third-person singular simple present cocaines, present participle cocaining, simple past and past participle cocained)

1. Synonym of cocainize.
   • 1895, The Veterinary Magazine, volume 2, page 183:

     […] cocaining the eye, then introducing a speculum, or having an assistant hold the lids open with retractors.

• “cocaine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “cocaine”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• cocaine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• Oceanic, oceanic

cocaine f

1. plural of cocaina

• acneico