cocaine

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /kə(ʊ)ˈkeɪn/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /koʊˈkeɪn/ or /ˈkoʊˌkeɪn/

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Noun

Singular cocaine

Plural cocaines

Cocaine powder

1. (uncountable) An addictive drug in the form of a white powder that users generally take by sniffing it through their nose; cocaine is a stimulant and a narcotic.
2. Chrystalline tropan alkaloid

Synonyms

• (slang) blow, coke, nose candy

Related words

• cokehead