toke

¹ American  

[tohk] / toʊk /

noun

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

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verb (used without object)

toked, toking

1. to provide a toke.

verb (used with object)

toked, toking

1. to give a toke to.

toke ² American  

[tohk] / toʊk /

noun

1. a puff of a marijuana cigarette.

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verb (used with object)

toked, toking

1. to light up or puff (a marijuana cigarette).

verb (used without object)

toked, toking

1. to puff a marijuana cigarette (often followed byup ).

toke British  

/ təʊk /

noun

1. a draw on a cannabis cigarette

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verb

1. (intr) to take a draw on a cannabis cigarette

Other Word Forms

• toker
  noun

Etymology

Origin of toke¹

First recorded in 1970–75; origin uncertain

Origin of toke²

An Americanism dating back to 1950–55; origin uncertain

Example Sentences

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toke

Having grown up speaking Spanish at home and then English at school, he’s forever fascinated by “a third language: American” — that mercurial dialect of metaphors, idioms and profanities, e.g. toke, baked, holy cow.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2022

Others were in debt to a toke, a middleman who advanced them the money from a year’s harvest before they delivered.

From New York Times ● Aug. 11, 2021

It's not like he doesn't deserve it—Bryce has missed 20-30 field goals this season, including 1 of his last 4 from over 40—but still, that's a harsh toke, man.

From Golf Digest ● Dec. 9, 2019

“With tips, we call it a toke rate, they make $20 to $24 per hour,” she said.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 6, 2014

Thys Turpyn, doyng hys maystres commandement, toke the broken bred, broken mete and all such thyng that was left, and put it in hys maysters cloth sak.

From Shakespeare Jest-Books Reprints of the Early and Very Rare Jest-Books Supposed to Have Been Used by Shakespeare by William Carew Hazlitt