toke

noun

ˈtōk 

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

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

But those who have held on through the CEO’s antics have been rewarded — the stock has soared 1,168% since Musk’s marijuana toke in September 2018. —Craig Trudell, Fortune, 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

For some of us, more like 4,200 tokes, and for others maybe just 42. —Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023

There’s no fixed amount of tokes that makes a stoner a stoner these days. —Andrew Deangelo, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023

Ready to get your celebratory toke on? —Lauren Wethington, Detroit Free Press, 18 Apr. 2022

He’s been caught smoking mournfully in numerous outdoorsy locations and car interiors, once even casually exhaling a toke of Marlboro Light through a COVID mask. —Raven Smith, Vogue, 26 July 2022

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