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toke

[tohk]

Origin

noun

a tip or gratuity given by a gambler to a dealer or other employee at a casino.

verb (used without object)

to provide a toke.

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verb (used with object)

to give a toke to.

Origin:
1970–75; origin uncertain

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noun

a puff of a marijuana cigarette.

verb (used with object)

to light up or puff (a marijuana cigarette).

verb (used without object)

to puff a marijuana cigarette (often followed by up).

Origin:
1950–55, Americanism; origin uncertain

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toke (təʊk)

—n
1.	a draw on a cannabis cigarette

—vb
2.	(intr) to take a draw on a cannabis cigarette

'toker

—n

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Word Origin & History

toke

1968, "inhalation of a marijuana cigarette or pipe smoke," U.S. slang, from earlier verb meaning "to smoke a marijuana cigarette" (1952), perhaps from Sp. tocar in sense of "touch, tap, hit" or "get a shave or part." In 19c. the same word in British slang meant "small piece of poor-quality bread," but

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toke definition

[tok]

n.
a puff of marijuana smoke. (Drugs.) : After a big toke, he settled back to drift.
tv. & in.
to puff a marijuana cigarette. (Drugs.) : He sat on a stone to toke one before bean time.
n.
a cigarette. : I left my tokes in my jacket.
in.
to smoke crack. (Drugs.) : They were toking when her mother called on the phone.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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