toke

[ tohk ]

/ toʊk /

Slang.

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noun

a tip or gratuity given by a gambler to a dealer or other employee at a casino.

verb (used without object), toked, tok·ing.

to provide a toke.

verb (used with object), toked, tok·ing.

to give a toke to.

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Origin of toke

First recorded in 1970–75; origin uncertain

Words nearby toke

toitoi, Tojo, tokamak, Tokara Islands, tokay, toke, Tokelau, Tokelau Islands, token, token economy, tokenism

Other definitions for toke (2 of 2)

toke²

[ tohk ]

/ toʊk /

Slang.

noun

a puff of a marijuana cigarette.

verb (used with object), toked, tok·ing.

to light up or puff (a marijuana cigarette).

verb (used without object), toked, tok·ing.

to puff a marijuana cigarette (often followed by up).

Origin of toke

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55; origin uncertain

How to use toke in a sentence

A kind thru-hiker took pity on me and gave me a toke of his joint and directions to the next campsite.
Gabby’s Case Reminds Me of the Scariest Hike I Ever Took|Alaina Demopoulos|September 23, 2021|The Daily Beast
Saving gorillas with royalty, can Congress toke up and the NSA chief profited even as he had AT&T spy on you.
7 Must-Read Stories About A Belgian Prince, Weed in Congress and NSA Profiteering: The Best of The Beast|William Boot|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Because even if a majority of Florida voters want to go one toke over the line, it will likely end up just shy of 60 percent.
Ganja Vs. Geezers in the Sunshine State|Ben Jacobs|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The footage shows him taking a deep toke from what appears to be a joint at a summer pool party.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s Best Friend, Brendan Mess, an Unsolved Killing|Michael Daly|April 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST

The cops got to the end of the row right as one youngster had just inhaled a massive toke.
Puffing But Paranoid: Seattle’s First 4/20 With Legal Pot|Winston Ross|April 21, 2013|DAILY BEAST
We ‘toke’ our inn at the sign of the ‘Falstaff,’ without the gate.
A Canterbury Pilgrimage|Joseph Pennell and Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Wher he 54 myght haue layed for hys tarying the warres, she priuely toke away yt excuse, saying: Troy is destroied.
A Treatise of Schemes and Tropes|Richard Sherry
My mervaylous horsnes and in manner spechelesnes toke me, being nothing at all otherwise sick.
The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee|John Dee
Feb. 10th, at two after none I toke a cutpurse taking my purse out of my pocket in the Temple.
The Private Diary of Dr. John Dee|John Dee
And then he toke out one of his rybbes/ and in stede ther of he fylled vp the place with flesh.
The First Boke of Moses called Genesis|William Tyndale

British Dictionary definitions for toke

toke

/ (təʊk) slang /

noun

a draw on a cannabis cigarette

verb

(intr) to take a draw on a cannabis cigarette

Derived forms of toke

toker, noun

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