Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Exhilarated or excited.
- adjective Being or feeling high or intoxicated, especially from a drug.
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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
stoke . - adjective slang Feeling
excitement or an excitingrush .
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Examples
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When Jordan Weisman and St. Martin's Press approached me about writing Personal Effects: Dark Art, I was stoked from the start.
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Ever since the New York Yankees Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig benched himself in 1939, never to return to the game, the ailment that now bears his name has stoked dread in the American imagination.
NYT > Home Page By AMANDA SCHAFFER 2011
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Ever since the New York Yankees Hall of Famer Lou Gehrig benched himself in 1939, never to return to the game, the ailment that now bears his name has stoked dread in the American imagination.
NYT > Home Page By AMANDA SCHAFFER 2011
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To my great delight -- to the point of using the word "stoked," which struck kasey as being way out of character for me, which it is -- some of the recently planted pots are producing sprouts.
Some of them thrive, while others lie moribund in the darkness 2009
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Although I didn't use the word "stoked" on an annoyingly consistent basis, play ultimate Frisbee in the quad, or neglect doing Laundry for weeks at a time, I did find myself consistently at the Gym or on the basketball court, or perhaps on a knoll Tanning, enjoying the scenery provided by the warm Californian autumn weather.
Sam Raushenbush: Lessons on a Balanced College Life Learned by a Dropout Sam Raushenbush 2010
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Although I didn't use the word "stoked" on an annoyingly consistent basis, play ultimate Frisbee in the quad, or neglect doing Laundry for weeks at a time, I did find myself consistently at the Gym or on the basketball court, or perhaps on a knoll Tanning, enjoying the scenery provided by the warm Californian autumn weather.
Sam Raushenbush: Lessons on a Balanced College Life Learned by a Dropout Sam Raushenbush 2010
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After recently looking at my John Carpenter movie, I am also "stoked" at obtaining and reading the original story.
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Jaison was so "stoked," it looked like his designs on the pie were more akin to Jason Biggs's in American Pie.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor: Samoa: The Silence of the Chickens 2009
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As daunting as losing twenty pounds is- I am actually kind of stoked to have a hard and fast goal in front of me.
Mumblings After Working Until 3:30 AM Zombie Mom 2009
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I was looking forward to seeing what Roth could do with this material, but I'm kind of stoked that he's decided to pursue his own original ideas.
Stephen King’s Cell Now To Be A Miniseries From John Harrison | /Film 2009
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