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toke

1  [tohk] noun, verb, toked, tok⋅ing. Slang.
Use toke in a Sentence
–noun
1. a tip or gratuity given by a gambler to a dealer or other employee at a casino.
–verb (used without object)
2. to provide a toke.
–verb (used with object)
3. to give a toke to.
Origin:
1970–75; orig. uncert.

toke

2  [tohk] noun, verb, toked, tok⋅ing. Slang.
–noun
1. a puff of a marijuana cigarette.
–verb (used with object)
2. to light up or puff (a marijuana cigarette).
–verb (used without object)
3. to puff a marijuana cigarette (often fol. by up).
Origin:
1950–55, Americanism; orig. uncert.
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toke   (tōk)   
n.  A puff on a cigarette, marijuana cigarette, or pipe containing hashish or another mind-altering substance.
tr. & intr.v.   toked, tok·ing, tokes
To puff or smoke (a marijuana cigarette, for example) or to engage in such activity.

[Perhaps from Spanish toque, a hit, a turn, from tocar, to touch, from Vulgar Latin *toccāre.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
toke [tok]

  1. n.
    a puff of marijuana smoke. (Drugs.) : After a big toke, he settled back to drift.
  2. tv. & in.
    to puff a marijuana cigarette. (Drugs.) : He sat on a stone to toke one before bean time.
  3. n.
    a cigarette. : I left my tokes in my jacket.
  4. 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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Word Origin & History

toke  (n.)
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 this probably is not related.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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