toke

== English == === Pronunciation === (UK) enPR: tōk, IPA(key): /təʊk/ Rhymes: -əʊk (US) enPR: tōk, IPA(key): /toʊk/ Rhymes: -əʊk === Etymology 1 === Clipping of token. ==== Noun ==== toke (plural tokes) (US, slang, casinos) A gratuity. ==== Verb ==== toke (third-person singular simple present tokes, present participle toking, simple past and past participle toked) (transitive, US casino slang) To give a gratuity to. === Etymology 2 === Presumably borrowed from Spanish toque (literally “touch”). Noun sense 1968, verb 1952. ==== Noun ==== toke (plural tokes) (slang) A puff of marijuana. (slang, by extension) An inhalation or lungful of anything. ==== Verb ==== toke (third-person singular simple present tokes, present participle toking, simple past and past participle toked) (slang) To smoke marijuana. (slang) To inhale a puff of marijuana ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Noun ==== toke (plural tokes) (slang, obsolete) A piece of bread. === References === === Anagrams === keto, keto- == Japanese == === Romanization === toke Rōmaji transcription of とけ == Lindu == === Noun === toke chameleon == Māori == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtoke/ [ˈtɔkɛ] === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Polynesian *toke (compare with hōtoke, Hawaiian koʻekoʻe, Tahitian toʻetoʻe). ==== Noun ==== toke (obsolete) cold ===== Related terms ===== hōtoke ==== References ==== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== toke worm ===== Synonyms ===== noke === Further reading === John C. Moorfield (2011), “toke”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN == Middle English == === Verb === toke first/third-person singular past indicative of taken; took