toke
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Clipping of token.
Noun
toke (plural tokes)
Verb
toke (third-person singular simple present tokes, present participle toking, simple past and past participle toked)
- (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.
Noun
toke (plural tokes)
- (slang) A puff of marijuana.
- The artist took a thoughtful toke off the joint, then passed it along.
- (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
toke (third-person singular simple present tokes, present participle toking, simple past and past participle toked)
Noun
toke (plural tokes)
- (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
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “toke”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Lindu
Maori
Etymology 1
From Proto-Polynesian *toke (compare with hōtoke, Hawaiian koʻekoʻe, Tahitian toʻetoʻe).[1]
Related terms
- hōtoke
References
- Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “toke.2”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
Synonyms
Further reading
- “toke” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Middle English
Verb
toke
- first/third-person singular past indicative of taken; took
- 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41:
- "And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”
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