A narcotic (alkaloid) extracted from coca leaves; used as a surface anesthetic or taken for pleasure; can become powerfully addictive.

synonym: cocain.

Roget 954: intemperance; sensuality, animalism, carnality; tragalism^†; pleasure; effeminacy, silkiness; luxury, luxuriousness; lap of pleasure, lap of luxury; free living.    indulgence; high living, wild living, inabstinence^†, self-indulgence; voluptuousness etc. adj.; epicurism, epicureanism; sybaritism; drug habit.    dissipation; licentiousness etc. adj.; debauchery; crapulence^†.    revels, revelry; debauch, carousal, jollification, drinking bout, wassail, saturnalia, orgies; excess, too much.    Circean cup.    [drugs of abuse: list] bhang, hashish, marijuana, pot [Coll.], hemp [Coll.], grass [Coll.]; opium, cocaine, morphine, heroin; LSD, lysergic acid diethylamide [Chem]; phencyclidine, angel dust, PCP; barbiturates; amphetamines, speed [Coll.].    ... show more

Dutch: cocaïne, basterdsuiker, coke, cola, sneeuw, sneeuwmassa
Polish: kokaina, biała śmierć, koka