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
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“Toke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toke. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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