Tocked vs Toked - What's the difference?
tocked | toked |
(tock)
(used in conjunction with tick) A clicking sound similar to one made by the hands of a clock.
To produce such a sound.
* Roger Ladd Memmott, Sweet Sally Ann
* 1967 , William Gray Purcell, St. Croix Trail Country: Recollections of Wisconsin
(toke)
(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
, passage=This keeps Doc’s workload relatively light, freeing him to stay stoned around the clock and live in the now, which isn’t hard for him, because he’s toked away his short-term memory. }}
(slang) To inhale a puff of marijuana
As verbs the difference between tocked and toked
is that tocked is past tense of tock while toked is past tense of toke.tocked
English
Verb
(head)tock
English
Noun
(en noun)Derived terms
* tick-tockVerb
(en verb)- The clock chimed the hour and then audibly tocked as the pendulum swung behind the glass pane of the door.
- The old clock tocked with a wooden "cluck," and like as not a squirrel would be hopping across the oilcloth table or scrambling along the loose bark of the log wall in search of a stray gingersnap.
toked
English
Verb
(head)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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