cocaine

Noun
US[koh-keyn]/koʊˈkeɪn/2 syllables
Synonyms: cocain

Open English WordNet

Noun (1)

  1. a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictiveSynonyms: cocainType of hard drugKinds coke, basuco, crackSubstance of coca
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Translations

Noun the narcotic

Spanish
cocaína
French
cocaïne
German
Kokain
Italian
cocaina
Portuguese
cocaína
Turkish
kokain
Russian
кокаи́н kokaín
Chinese
可卡因 kěkǎyīn
Japanese
コカイン kokain
20 more languages
Polish
kokaina
Swedish
kokain
Greek
κοκαΐνη kokaḯni
Korean
코카인 kokain
Indonesian
kokaina
Hungarian
kokain
Portuguese (PT)
cocaína
Chinese (Trad.)
可卡因 kěkǎyīn
Catalan
cocaïna
Czech
kokain
Esperanto
kokaino
Estonian
kokaiin
Finnish
kokaiini
Georgian
კოკაინი ḳoḳaini
Icelandic
kókaín
Kurdish
kokaîn
Norwegian
kokain
Romanian
cocaină
Serbo-Croatian
kokain
Swahili
kokeni

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Co′ca·ine noun

Chemistry A powerful narcotic alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain. It is classified as addictive and is not available in the U. S. without a prescription, but is nevertheless one of the most widespread illegal drugs of abuse. It is used in several forms, including small pellets of free base, called crack. Most of the cocaine illegally used in the U.S. is imported.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: +PJC

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