Toke vs Tole - What's the difference?
toke | tole |
(US, slang, casinos) A gratuity.
To give a gratuity to.
(slang) A puff of marijuana.
(slang) To smoke marijuana.
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(slang) To inhale a puff of marijuana
(uncountable) A decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded
(uncommon) tola (unit of mass)
To entice.
* 1693 , '', 1797, ''The works of John Locke Esq , Volume III,
To allure.
To attract.
As nouns the difference between toke and tole
is that toke is a gratuity while tole is a decorative metalware having a lacquered or enamelled surface that is painted or gilded.As verbs the difference between toke and tole
is that toke is to give a gratuity to while tole is to entice.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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Anagrams
* ----tole
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl)Noun
(en noun)Etymology 2
From (etyl) stem *tyll, related to .Alternative forms
* (Etymology 3)Verb
- It is often necessary to tole a big stag, to induce him to leave the hind ...
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- And thus the young Soldier is to be train’d on to the Warfare of Life ; wherein Care is to be taken that more things be not repre?ented as dangerous than really are ?o ; and then, that whatever you ob?erve him to be more frighted at than he ?hould, you be ?ure to tole him on to by in?en?ible Degrees, till he at la?t, quitting his Fears, ma?ters the Difficulty, and comes off with Applau?e.