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Toke

Definition: Toke

Toke

Noun

1. A puff of a marijuana or hashish cigarette: "the boys took a few tokes on a joint".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

 

Specialty Definition: Toke

DomainDefinition

Multilingual Slang

German (kiffen). (references)

Slang

Verb. Source: Uncertain. Definition: To take a deep breath of smoke from the marijuana. Then hold it as long as you can. This in turn intoxicates the individual more effectively. Context: Used when people are smoking marijuana or discussing the usage of. Social Source: Oregon College Marijuana Users. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: Toke

Non-English Usage: "Toke" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Dutch (gecko).

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Modern Usage: Toke

DomainUsage

Lyrics

Symbolizes dope, take a toke, but don't choke (Nuthin But A "G" Thang; performing artist: Dr. Dre)

It ain't no joke I'd like to buy the world a toke (WALKIN' ON THE SUN; performing artist: Smash Mouth)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Toke

DomainTitle

Books

  

Music

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Photo Album: Toke

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

The forme of a fort w[hi]ch was made by Mr. Rolfe Lane in a parte of St. Johns Islande neare cap roje where we toke in salt the xxvith of May, 1585. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Digital Photo Gallery: Toke
 

"Theatro Municipal do Rio de Ja" by Felipe Bordalo
Commentary: "It's was in a chill night in Rio, I was playng some pool, and when i was leaving, walking to the bus stop, suddenly I realize that I was in front of one of the finnest old buildings of my city, at night, with good light and my camera in my backpack! There"

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Toke

SubjectTopicQuote

Human Rights

Chad

Toke was accused of supporting the Togoimi rebellion and sent to N'Djamena; he has not been seen since that time. (references)

Chad

In May 2000, soldiers in Tibesti followed and shot businessman Souleyman Toke and a friend who were returning from Libya by car. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Toke

"Toke" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.00% of the time. "Toke" is used about 8 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)75%6143,867
Lexical Verb (infinitive)12.5%1339,140
Noun (proper)12.5%1339,140
                    Total100.00%8N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Toke

Expression using "toke": to toke. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Containing "toke": ha-yoke-lesteck-cop-toke-chock.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Toke

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

toke

36

one toke over the line

20

sneak a toke

8

line lyrics one over toke

6

pic toke

6

pipe sneak toke

4

master toke

3

toke up

2

virtual toke

2

take toke

2

khan toke

2

toke o matic

2

smoke toke

2
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Modern Translation: Toke

Language Translations for "toke"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Arabic 

  

‏نفس (very, wind). (various references)

   

Danish

  

fyre en fed (to blast, to blow, to poke, to toat, to toke). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

blowen (to blast, to blow, to poke, to toat, to toke). (various references)

   

French

  

bouffée. (various references)

   

German

  

Puff (bang, biff, blow, bop, brothel, buffet, cathouse, dig, nudge, phut, pouf, prod, puff, swelling, thump, whorehouse). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

φουμάρω (smoke). (various references)

   

Italian

  

fumare (fume, reek, smoke, steam, to smoke). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

oketay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

queimar (bake, burn, burn out, fire, flame, fuse, scathe, scorch, tan), ganzar (to blast, to blow, to poke, to toat, to toke), charrar (to blast, to blow, to poke, to toat, to toke). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

затяжка (draught, string, whiff). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Bible Trace: Toke

LanguageDateSourceLuke Chapter 24, Verse 43
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai labwn enwpion autwn efagen
Latin405VulgateEt cum manducasset coram eis sumens reliquias dedit eis
Old English990West SaxonAnd þa he æt beforan him he nam þa lafa and him sealde
Middle English1395WyclifAnd whanne he hadde etun bifore hem, he took that that lefte, and yaf to hem;
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd he toke it and ate it before them.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd he took it, and did eat before them.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd he took it, and ate before them.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd before their eyes he took a meal.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Toke

LanguageLuke Chapter 24, Verse 43
CebuanoUg kini gidawat ni Jesus ug iyang gikaon sa ilang atubangan.
Chinese他 接 過 來 、 在 他 們 面 前 喫 了 。
CroatianOn uzme i pred njima pojede.
DanishOg han tog det og spiste det for deres Øjne.
DutchEn Hij nam het, en at het voor hun ogen.
FinnishJa hän otti ja söi heidän nähtensä.
FrenchIl en prit, et il mangea devant eux.
GermanUnd er nahm's und aß vor ihnen.
Haitian CreoleLi pran l', li manje l' devan je yo.
HungarianMelyeket elvõn, és elõttök evék.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariYesus mengambil ikan itu, lalu makan di depan mereka.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka Ia pun menyambut, lalu dimakan-Nya di hadapan mereka itu.
Korean받 으 사 그 앞 에 서 잡 수 시 더 라
MaoriNa ka tango ia, a kainga ana e ia i to ratou aroaro.
Norwegianog han tok det og åt for deres øine.
Portugueseo qual ele tomou e comeu diante deles.   
RumanianEl le -a luat, wi a mkncat knaintea lor.
ShuarTura Jesus nuna achik niisha iimiainiamunman yuamiayi.
SwahiliAkakichukua, akala, wote wakimwona.
Swedishoch han tog det och åt därav i deras åsyn.
UmaNadoa-mi pai' nakoni', bona rahilo kabela-na-hawo kiu.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: Toke

Derivations

Words beginning with "toke": toked, token, tokened, tokening, tokenism, tokenisms, tokens, toker, tokers, tokes. (additional references)

Words ending with "toke": restoke, stoke. (additional references)

Words containing "toke": betoken, betokened, betokening, betokens, foretoken, foretokened, foretokening, foretokens, restoked, restokes, stoked, stokehold, stokeholds, stoker, stokers, stokes, stokesia, stokesias. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Toke

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: keto.

Words within the letters "e-k-o-t"

-1 letter: oke, toe.

-2 letters: et, oe, to.

 Words containing the letters "e-k-o-t"
 

+1 letter: ketol, stoke, toked, token, toker, tokes, troke.

 

+2 letters: beknot, betook, bosket, docket, ketols, ketone, ketose, locket, nekton, pocket, retook, rocket, socket, stoked, stoker, stokes, stroke, tokens, tokers, troked, trokes.

 

+3 letters: beknots, betoken, booklet, boskets, brocket, crocket, desktop, dockets, fetlock, hokiest, hooklet, hotcake, jokiest, kathode, keitloa, kenotic, ketones, ketonic, ketoses, ketosis, ketotic, keynote, knotted, knotter, knouted, kotowed, kotower, lockets, nektons, network, oatcake, oatlike, outbake, outkeep, outkept, outtake, petcock, pockets, pokiest, potlike, reitbok, restock, restoke, rockets, skatole, sockets, stenoky, stocked, stocker, stokers, stooked, stooker, stroked, stroker, strokes, takeoff, takeout, toelike, tokened, toylike, troaked, trocked.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Images: Digital Art
7. Quotations: Non-fiction
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Bible Trace
13. Derivations
14. Anagrams
15. Bibliography


  

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