Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A puff on a cigarette, marijuana cigarette, or pipe containing hashish or another mind-altering substance.
  • transitive & intransitive verb To puff or smoke (a marijuana cigarette, for example) or to engage in such activity.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • A piece or a bit, as of tobacco or bread.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun US, slang, casinos A gratuity.
  • verb transitive To give a gratuity to.
  • noun slang A puff of marijuana.
  • verb slang To smoke marijuana.
  • verb slang To inhale a puff of marijuana

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Perhaps from Spanish toque, a hit, a turn, from tocar, to touch, from Vulgar Latin *toccāre.]

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Clipping of token.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

Presumably from Spanish tocar ("touch"). Noun sense 1968, verb 1952.

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Examples

  • Funny thing, a toque pronounced "toke" is the big puffy white hat worn by pastry chefs, although mostly cartoon versions of chefs these days.

    first frost 2005

  • Joints were often produced at parties or even in clubs, and passed among those who fancied a 'toke'.

    John Lennon, Cynthia 2005

  • Arrived at the close of the second day in Canterbury, the two "toke" their inn at the sign of the "Falstaff," where hung "Honest Jack, in buff doublet and red hose," in a wonderful piece of wrought-iron work.

    Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 Various

  • Since I indeed did not sneak a toke, I took myself over to Walgreen’s for some allergy meds.

    chicagojo Diary Entry chicagojo 2004

  • Obviously, if it's legal to smoke in BOTH states (pot), they can 'toke' en route - the 'happy train', and that's why this thing just might work after all.

    Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines 2010

  • Obviously, if it's legal to smoke in BOTH states (pot), they can 'toke' en route - the 'happy train', and that's why this thing just might work after all.

    Las Vegas Sun Stories: All Sun Headlines 2010

  • According to the guys at SparkBotttle, The Tock (or is that "toke"?) clock always tells the

    technabob 2010

  • One does not "toke" a bong, one takes HITS from a bong.

    Think Progress 2009

  • "Reefer Madness" tells the story of Jimmy Harper, an upstanding youth who becomes a whacked-out pot fiend after one 'toke' of the evil reefer.

    BroadwayWorld.com Featured Content 2009

  • (sounds like it could be from the same family as 'toke') 1: 38 AM

    "You Know, a Frog..." Slimbolala 2006

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  • "He paused and we both listened to the birds singing away among the maple trees outside the building. I lit the pipe and took a deep toke. I exhaled, the smoke drifting idly in his direction."

    - 'The Dice Man', Luke Rhinehart.

    February 4, 2008

  • why did i know bilby would have commented on this word?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02My7r7-VeI

    January 18, 2013

  • Few stones are left unturned in my quest for words that rhyme badly with Kirkuk.

    January 18, 2013