: the residue of coal left after destructive distillation and used as fuel
also
: a similar residue left by other materials (such as petroleum) distilled to dryness
coked; coking
: to change into coke
: to become coke or like coke
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Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 29 Nov. 2025
After doing a line of coke, Nicky takes a clever and the Mayor’s finger.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
Developing a facility akin to the coking coal plant in Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine -- which is the largest enterprise in Ukraine -- would require around $10 billion.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Who signed off on gangbanger LaMar Cook being granted access to ship eight pounds of blow directly to Maura’s office suite in Springfield, as well as another 19 pounds of coke to a hotel on the UMass-Amherst campus?
—Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 29 Nov. 2025
After doing a line of coke, Nicky takes a clever and the Mayor’s finger.
—Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
The city also hosted Ukraine’s last operating coking coal mine, but it was forced to shut down early this year.
—Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
Developing a facility akin to the coking coal plant in Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine -- which is the largest enterprise in Ukraine -- would require around $10 billion.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Coke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coke. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.
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