different between stoke vs toke

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: st?k, IPA^(key): /st??k/
• Rhymes: -??k
• (US) enPR: st?k, IPA^(key): /sto?k/

Etymology 1

From Middle English stoken, from Middle Dutch stoken (“to poke, thrust”) or Middle Low German stoken (“to poke, thrust”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stuk?n? (“to be stiff, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to push, beat”). Cognate with Middle High German stoken (“to pierce, jab”), Norwegian Nynorsk stauka (“to push, thrust”). Alternative etymology derives the Middle English word from Old French estoquer, estochier (“to thrust, strike”), from the same Germanic source. More at stock.

Verb

stoke (third-person singular simple present stokes, present participle stoking, simple past and past participle stoked)

1. (transitive) To poke, pierce, thrust.
   • (1387 – 1400) Chaucer, The Knight's Tale, Part IV.

     Ne short swerd, for to stoke with poynt bitynge, / No man ne drawe, ne bere it by his syde.

     Nor any shortened sword, for point-thrusting, / Shall a man draw, or bear it by his side.

Translations

Etymology 2

From a back-formation of stoker, apparently from Dutch stoker, from stoken (“to kindle a fire, incite, instigate”), from Middle Dutch stoken (“to poke, thrust”), from stock (“stick, stock”), see: tandenstoker. Ultimately the same word as above.

Verb

stoke (third-person singular simple present stokes, present participle stoking, simple past and past participle stoked)

1. (transitive) To feed, stir up, especially, a fire or furnace.
2. (transitive, by extension) To encourage a behavior or emotion.
   • 1974, Joni Mitchell, "Free Man in Paris":

     Stoking the star maker machinery behind the popular song
3. (intransitive) To attend to or supply a furnace with fuel; to act as a stoker or fireman.

Derived terms

• stokehole

Related terms

• stoker

Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

stoke (plural stokes)

1. (physics) Misconstruction of stokes (unit of kinematic viscosity)

Anagrams

• ketos, tokes

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

stoke

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of stoken

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

stoke (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. inflection of stoka:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?stoke]

Noun

stoke

1. dative/locative singular of stoka

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: t?k, IPA^(key): /t??k/
• Rhymes: -??k
• (US) enPR: t?k, IPA^(key): /to?k/
• Rhymes: -o?k

Etymology 1

Clipping of token.

Noun

toke (plural tokes)

1. (US, slang, casinos) A gratuity.

   I gave the maitre d’ a $10 toke and he just laughed.

Verb

toke (third-person singular simple present tokes, present participle toking, simple past and past participle toked)

1. (transitive, US casino slang) To give a gratuity to.

   You have to toke the maitre d’ at least $50 if you want a really good table.

Etymology 2

Presumably from Spanish tocar (“touch”). Noun sense 1968, verb 1952.

Noun

toke (plural tokes)

1. (slang) A puff of marijuana.

   The artist took a thoughtful toke off the joint, then passed it along.

Verb

toke (third-person singular simple present tokes, present participle toking, simple past and past participle toked)

1. (slang) To smoke marijuana.

   Let's roll up a doobie and toke.
2. (slang) To inhale a puff of marijuana

Etymology 3

Noun

toke (plural tokes)

1. A piece of bread.
   • 1905, H. G. Wells: Kipps: The Story of a Simple Soul:

     Toke and cold ground rice pudding with plums it used to be—there is no better food at all.

References

Anagrams

• keto, keto-

Lindu

Noun

toke

1. chameleon

Maori

Noun

toke

1. worm

Synonyms

• noke

Middle English

Verb

toke

1. first/third-person singular past indicative of taken; took
   • 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41

     "And herfore of Wicleef speciali and of these men I toke the lore whiche I haue taughte and purpose to lyue aftir, if God wole, to my lyues ende.”