Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To give a gratuity to.

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

  2. (slang)To smoke marijuana.

    Let's roll up a doobie and toke.

  3. (slang)To inhale a puff of marijuana

Examples

1 sentences

  1. Can I have a toke?

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Origin

Clipping of token. Presumably borrowed from Spanish toque (literally “touch”). Noun sense

Clipping of token.

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

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Forms

tokes, toking, toked, toked
Base formtoke · to toke
3rd person singulartokes
Present participletoking
Past simpletoked
Past participletoked

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytoke
he, she, ittokes

Past simpleLesson

all personstoked

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave toked
he, she, ithas toked

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill toke

Word family

3 related words
Derivedtokertoke tubetoke up

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
toilB2toiletA1toingtokentoki

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