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toke en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /təʊk/ (UK)
  • (Australia) audio
  • tōk (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /toʊk/ (US)
  • tōk (UK)

Etymology

Clipping of token.

Meanings

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

Forms

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toke en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /təʊk/ (UK)
  • (Australia) audio
  • tōk (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /toʊk/ (US)
  • tōk (UK)

Etymology

Clipping of token.

Meanings

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

Forms

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tokes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
toking Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
toked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
toked Tense=Past lexicographic

toke en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /təʊk/ (UK)
  • (Australia) audio
  • tōk (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /toʊk/ (US)
  • tōk (UK)

Etymology

Presumably borrowed from Spanish toque (literally “touch”). Noun sense 1968, verb 1952.

Meanings

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

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toke en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /təʊk/ (UK)
  • (Australia) audio
  • tōk (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /toʊk/ (US)
  • tōk (UK)

Etymology

Presumably borrowed from Spanish toque (literally “touch”). Noun sense 1968, verb 1952.

Meanings

  1. (slang) To smoke marijuana.
    • 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. 2009 August 23, Walter Kirn, “Drugs to Do, Cases to Solve”, in New York Times:
    • Let's roll up a doobie and toke.
  2. (slang) To inhale a puff of marijuana

Forms

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toked Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
toked Tense=Past lexicographic
tokes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

toke up · toker · toke tube

toke en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /təʊk/ (UK)
  • (Australia) audio
  • tōk (US)
  • (US) audio
  • /toʊk/ (US)
  • tōk (UK)

Meanings

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

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