toke
UK/təʊk//toʊk/
toke noun: a gratuity.
Noun (1)
toke (plural tokes)
- A gratuity.
- I gave the maitre d’ a $10 toke and he just laughed.
Verb (1)
toke (third-person singular simple present tokes, present participle toking, simple past and past participle toked)
- To give a gratuity to.
- You have to toke the maitre d’ at least $50 if you want a really good table.
Noun (2)
toke (plural tokes)
- A puff of marijuana.
- The artist took a thoughtful toke off the joint, then passed it along.
- 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
Verb (2)
toke (third-person singular simple present tokes, present participle toking, simple past and past participle toked)
- To smoke marijuana.
- Let's roll up a doobie and toke.
- 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
- To inhale a puff of marijuana
Noun (3)
toke (plural tokes)
- 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
toke meaning in Gujarati
toke in Gujarati
- a toke
- દમ dam
Examples of toke in a sentence
- My first time toking up was out of a plastic water bottle with bud lodged in the cap.
- At the Buddhaed heart of a small turf maze she's offered a toke.
- Last toke is the yellowing fabric of the roach, containing the stuff that is less than tobacco.
Forms of toke
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | tokes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | tokes |
| present participle | toking |
| past participle | toked |
| past | toked |
Origin of toke
Clipping of token.
Presumably borrowed from Spanish toque (literally “touch”). Noun sense 1968, verb 1952.
Words formed from toke
Phrases with toke
Words that rhyme with toke
Questions about toke
- What does toke mean?
- Toke means a gratuity.
- What is toke in Gujarati?
- Toke in Gujarati is દમ (dam). See Toke meaning in Gujarati.
- What part of speech is toke?
- Toke can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce toke?
- Toke is pronounced /təʊk/ (UK).
- What is the plural of toke?
- The plural of toke is tokes.
Words near toke in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: toke (page history and authors); દમ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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