toke

/touk/

Thân thiện

The boys share a toke on a joint behind the school.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A puff or inhalation from a marijuana cigarette or pipe: "toke" refers specifically to the act of inhaling smoke from a cannabis cigarette (joint), pipe, or similar device, or to the single inhalation itself.

Usage

• The word "toke" is informal slang, primarily associated with cannabis culture. It functions as a countable noun.
• It is typically used in contexts describing the consumption of marijuana.

Examples

• Noun:

Advanced Usage

• "Take a toke": This is the most common collocation, meaning to inhale from a cannabis cigarette or pipe.

Variants and Related Words

• Toke can also be used as a verb (to inhale smoke from a marijuana cigarette), though this is less common than its noun form.

Synonyms

• Puff: A more general term for a short inhalation of smoke, which can be used in the same context.
• Drag: Another informal term for an inhalation on a cigarette or joint.

Notes

• The word is highly specific to the context of smoking cannabis. It is not used for tobacco cigarettes or other substances in standard usage.
• The example from the reference context ("the boys took a few tokes on a joint") is a canonical example of its use.

Học thuật

Noun

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