coça — meaning in English

English meaning

• coca noun A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed or brewed as a mild stimulant and are the source of cocaine.
• coke noun A solid fuel made by roasting coal, used mainly in steelmaking.
• spanking noun A punishment involving smacking someone, usually a child, on the buttocks.

Senses

coça is used for these senses in English:

• Coke (countable, uncountable, informal) Cola-based soft drink; (in particular) Coca-Cola.
• Coke (US, especially, Southern US, informal) Any soft drink, regardless of type.
• coca The dried leaf of one of these plants, the South American shrub (Erythroxylum coca), widely cultivated in Andean countries, which is the source of cocaine and used as aphrodisiac in the past.
• coke (informal, slang, uncountable) Cocaine.
• jack-o'-lantern A carved pumpkin whose top and stem have been cut out and interior removed, leaving a hollow shell that is then decorated to represent a face, illuminated from within by a candle. It is a symbol of Halloween.
• spanking (uncountable) A form of physical punishment in which a beating is applied to the buttocks.

coke — full definition

1. noun A solid fuel made by roasting coal, used mainly in steelmaking.
2. noun Informal term for cocaine.
3. noun Informal shortening of Coca-Cola or a cola-flavored soft drink.

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