A pile ofcocaine powder. Fromcoca +-ine , fromQuechua kuka . First use appears c. 1874.
cocaine (countable anduncountable ,plural cocaines )
( uncountable , organic chemistry , pharmacology ) Anaddictive drug derived fromcoca (Erythroxylum ) or preparedsynthetically , used sometimesmedicinally as alocal anesthetic and, oftenillegally , as astimulant .Alternative form: coke ( clipping ) ( usually ) Thepowder 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. ”, inGeo[rge] Newnes , editor,The Strand Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly , volume II, London:George Newnes, Limited , [ … ] , publishedJuly 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 betweencocaine and ambition, the drowsiness of the drug, and the fierce energy of his own keen nature.
1983 , “Cold Coffee & Cocaine”, performed byPrince :All I get, uh, is this cup of cold coffee andcocaine / And your ugly face, look out
( countable ) Any chemical derivative of this drug.the narcotic
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cocaine (third-person singular simple present cocaines ,present participle cocaining ,simple past and past participle cocained )
Synonym ofcocainize .1895 ,The Veterinary Magazine , volume 2, page183 :[ …] cocaining the eye, then introducing a speculum, or having an assistant hold the lids open with retractors.
cocaine f
plural ofcocaina