Stoke vs Toke - What's the difference?
stoke | toke |
To poke, pierce, thrust.
To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace.
To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman.
To stick; to thrust; to stab.
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(physics) (A unit of kinematic viscosity equal to that of a fluid with a viscosity of one poise and a density of one gram per millilitre)
(US, slang, casinos) A gratuity.
To give a gratuity to.
(slang) A puff of marijuana.
(slang) To smoke marijuana.
* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=August 23, author=Walter Kirn, title=Drugs to Do, Cases to Solve, work=New York Times
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(slang) To inhale a puff of marijuana
As a proper noun stoke
is stoke-on-trent, a city in staffordshire, england.As a noun toke is
earth, world; ground, floor.stoke
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) stoken, from (etyl) , from the same Germanic source. More at (l).Verb
(stok)Etymology 2
From a back-formation of stoker, apparently from (etyl) stoker, from (etyl) , see: tandenstoker. Ultimately the same word as above.Verb
(stok)- Nor short sword for to stoke , with point biting.
Derived terms
* stokeholeEtymology 3
(wikipedia stoke) Misconstruction of stokesNoun
(head)Anagrams
* ----toke
English
Etymology 1
Clipping of (token).Noun
(en noun)- I gave the maitre d’ a $10 toke and he just laughed.
Verb
(tok)- You have to toke the maitre d’ at least $50 if you want a really good table.
Etymology 2
Presumably from (etyl)Noun
(en noun)- The artist took a thoughtful toke off the joint, then passed it along.
Verb
(tok)- Let's roll up a doobie and toke.
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