Toke

//toʊk// noun, verb, slang

noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A gratuity. US, slang

    "I gave the maitre d’ a $10 toke and he just laughed."

  2. 2
    A puff of marijuana. slang

    "The artist took a thoughtful toke off the joint, then passed it along."

  3. 3
    A piece of bread. obsolete, slang

    "Toke and cold ground rice pudding with plums it used to be—there is no better food at all."

  4. 4
    a puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette wordnet
  5. 5
    An inhalation or lungful of anything. broadly, slang

    "Back on the wards a big toke of O₂ might have done the job; it was God's own pick-me-up."

Verb
  1. 1
    To give a gratuity to. transitive

    "You have to toke the maitre d’ at least $50 if you want a really good table."

  2. 2
    To smoke marijuana. slang

    "Let's roll up a doobie and toke."

  3. 3
    To inhale a puff of marijuana slang

Synonyms

All synonyms
hitpull

Example

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"I gave the maitre d’ a $10 toke and he just laughed."

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of token.

Etymology 2

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

Related phrases

toke tubetoke up

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