Pronunciation
- IPA: /koʊˈkeɪn/, /kəˈkeɪn/, /ˈkoʊkeɪn/
cocaine
- (uncountable) A stimulant narcotic, derived from cultivated plants of the genus Erythroxylum, in the form of a white powder that users generally self-administer by insufflation through the nose.
- 1891, A Scandal in Bohemia
- 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.
- 1990, House of Cards, Season 1, Episode 1:
- Frank Urquhart: Cocaine’s awfully expensive stuff, isn't it? Is it worth it?
- 1891, A Scandal in Bohemia
- (countable) Any derivative of cocaine.
- (slang) blow, booger sugar, Bolivian marching powder, boots, California corn flakes, charlie, coke, girl, nose candy, powder, rock, slim, snow, snuff, white lady, yay, yayo, or yeyo, yola ice, Hard White, Chyna Whyte,crystals, angeldust.
- See also Thesaurus:cocaine
- cokehead
- hydroxytropacocaine
- tropacocaine
This text is extracted from the Wiktionary and it is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license | Terms and conditions | Privacy policy 0.003
