See also: Toke, töke, tokë, and tőke

English edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Clipping of token.

Noun edit

toke (plural tokes)

  1. (US, slang, casinos) A gratuity.
    I gave the maitre d’ a $10 toke and he just laughed.

Verb edit

toke (third-person singular simple present tokes, present participle toking, simple past and past participle toked)

  1. (transitive, US casino slang) To give a gratuity to.
    You have to toke the maitre d’ at least $50 if you want a really good table.

Etymology 2 edit

Presumably from Spanish tocar (touch). Noun sense 1968, verb 1952.[1]

Noun edit

toke (plural tokes)

  1. (slang) A puff of marijuana.
    The artist took a thoughtful toke off the joint, then passed it along.
  2. (slang, by extension) An inhalation or lungful of anything.
    • 2011, Tim Winton, Dirt Music
      Back on the wards a big toke of O2 might have done the job; it was God's own pick-me-up.

Verb edit

toke (third-person singular simple present tokes, present participle toking, simple past and past participle toked)

  1. (slang) To smoke marijuana.
    Let's roll up a doobie and toke.
    • 2009 August 23, Walter Kirn, “Drugs to Do, Cases to Solve”, in New York Times[1]:
      This keeps Doc’s workload relatively light, freeing him to stay stoned around the clock and live in the now, which isn’t hard for him, because he’s toked away his short-term memory.
  2. (slang) To inhale a puff of marijuana
Derived terms edit

Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

toke (plural tokes)

  1. (slang, obsolete) A piece of bread.
    • 1905, H. G. Wells, Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul:
      Toke and cold ground rice pudding with plums it used to be—there is no better food at all.

References edit

  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “toke”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams edit

Lindu edit

Noun edit

toke

  1. chameleon

Maori edit

Noun edit

toke

  1. worm

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Middle English edit

Verb edit

toke

  1. first/third-person singular past indicative of taken; took