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Coke

58 1.0
A sweet fizzy drink with a cola flavor made by The Coca-Cola Company
  • noun
  • /koʊk/
translation icon : Coca-Cola
  • Well, I'll have a coke then.
  • a bottle of Coke

I don't have a Coke here today, but I often do.

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Examples

  • I ordered a Coke Zero with ice.

  • I ordered a Coke with my burger and fries.

  • I can make my own Diet Coke now, you hear that?

  • She's trying to pay for a large Coke and two orders of French fries with a personal check.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Thelma: I'll have Wild Turkey straight up and a Coke back, please.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Baby, want a Coke?

  • The drinks came: a Coke for him and the real thing, something with tequila, for Jennie.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • The food was bad: hot dogs and hamburgers dry and burnt, Cokes flat and warm.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • She loves to drink a cold Coke on a hot summer day.

  • At the party, everyone had a Coke or two with dinner.

Synonyms

soda
vsCoke
  • US
426 1.0

A sweet fizzy drink often served cold

is a specific cola brand often used to name this drink type
pop
vsCoke
  • US
127 1.0

A sweet fizzy drink sold in cans or bottles

is the brand name that some speakers use instead of this general term
Pepsi
vsCoke
77 1.0

A sweet fizzy cola drink made by PepsiCo

is the common brand name often used for cola drinks in general
soft drink
vsCoke
40 1.0

A drink without alcohol that has bubbles, like soda or lemonade

is a specific cola brand that represents only one part of this category
Coca-Cola
vsCoke
36 1.0

A sweet fizzy drink with a cola taste that The Coca-Cola Company makes

is the brand name also used to mean any cola drink
cola
vsCoke
32 1.0

A sweet fizzy drink flavored with kola nuts, often containing caffeine

is the specific brand people often call by the category name
soda pop
vsCoke
  • US
15 1.0

A sweet fizzy drink like cola

is the trademark sometimes used informally for that whole drink type
Pepsi Cola
vsCoke
3 1.0

A sweet fizzy drink sold by the Pepsi company

is the more generic brand name that can mean any cola

Compounds

coke whore
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A person who uses a lot of cocaine and damages their health or life

coke dick
  • Offensive
9.9

Temporary trouble getting or keeping an erection after using cocaine

Surface Forms

Coke singular
Cokes plural

Etymology

Coke comes from the brand Coca-Cola, a name made from the words ' coca ' (a plant) and ' kola ' (a nut used for flavor). People soon shortened the name to Coke, so the word now means a cola-flavored soft drink.