coke

n 1: produced by distillation of coal

2: Coca Cola is a trademarked cola [syn: {Coca Cola}, {Coke}]

3: a narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a

surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become

addictive [syn: {cocaine}, {cocain}, {snow}, {C}]

v : become coke; "petroleum oils coke after distillation"

choke

1. To reject input, often ungracefully. "NULs make System V's

"lpr(1)" choke." "I tried building an {Emacs} binary to use

{X}, but "cpp(1)" choked on all those "#define"s." See

{barf}, {gag}.

2. [MIT] More generally, to fail at any endeavor, but with

some flair or bravado; the popular definition is "to snatch

defeat from the jaws of victory."

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