toke

noun

plural tokes
informal
: a puff on a marijuana cigarette or pipe
Then he squatted a little distance away and rolled and lit a joint, taking a couple of long lazy tokes.John Nichols
After about three tokes each, they head off for 7-11, and return with chocolate grahams, Ritz crackers, ginger ale, and milk.Laura E. Fry
toke verb, transitive + intransitive
toked; toking; tokes
informal
Once, twice at most, she toked a joint. Ron Stodgehill
… a large color portrait on the wall of Bob Marley, smiling broadly while toking on a fat spliff. David Samuels
These characters take comfort in ducking reality through talking, toking, watching '70s TV reruns and grooving to such oldie hits as Squeeze's "Tempted" and the Knack's "My Sharona." Peter Travers

Examples of toke in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Summerland in San Francisco creates designer bongs and pipes that are sure to be the talk of the toke. Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 10 Oct. 2024 The day after her first toke, Sharon begs Robyn to teach her how to rip off the elderly on the phone. Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2024 The film, set in 2008, captures Chris’ adolescent escapades — the fumbles, first kisses (one of the film’s most priceless sequences), a first toke of pot and his many squabbles with his mom (Joan Chen) and older sis (Shirley Chen). Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2024 Finally, the big man himself comes out, strokes his beard, sits down, maybe takes a puff or a toke, and picks up a pair of sticks. Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2024 But those who’ve held on through the CEO’s antics have been rewarded — the stock has soared 1,168% since Musk’s marijuana toke in September 2018. Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2024 At the hospital, stoner nurses, orderlies, technicians, and other staff would sometimes slip outside for a toke or two, especially when things were quiet. Andrew Weil, Harper's Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023 Eventually, the inevitable offer of a toke came, and Sheeran took it. Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2023

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Word History

Etymology

American Spanish toque, from Spanish, touch, test, from tocar to touch, from Vulgar Latin *toccare — more at touch entry 1

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of toke was in 1968

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“Toke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toke. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.

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