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stoked
[ stohkt ]
adjective
- exhilarated; excited.
- intoxicated or stupefied with a drug; high.
stoked
/ stəʊkt /
adjective
- informal.very pleased; elated
really stoked to have got the job
Other Words From
- un·stoked adjective
Example Sentences
That rise has stoked investor hopes that the Trump administration will continue to lift their industry — and reportedly spurred some curious deal making by the president-elect’s own social media company.
Their corner of Ventura County was battered by powerful Santa Ana winds every fall, and those gusts stoked fires that came close but never swept into their hillside community.
Fact check: That comment came after his running mate, JD Vance, stoked lies on X that Haitian migrants are stealing and eating pets in Springfield.
The 9/11 terrorist attacks and the inevitably ensuing debacles in Afghanistan and Iraq stoked a strange mental syndrome made up of fear and grandiosity.
He has also stoked the notion that the U.S. voting system is vulnerable to fraud, despite multiple studies showing that elections are secure.
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What does stoked mean?
Stoked is a slang adjective that describes someone as being very excited, as in I just heard that my favorite director is making a new movie and I’m already stoked.
Less commonly, stoked describes someone being intoxicated or stupefied by drugs.
Describing excitement, stoked is often followed by a word like about, to, or that to explain what a person is excited about, as in I’m pretty stoked about the huge graduation party tonight.
Stoked can also describe someone as being impaired by drugs, such as by being intoxicated or in a euphoric state, as in We had to take Josh home because he was too stoked to even remember where he lived.
Because both of these senses are slang, they generally aren’t used in formal writing. You’re more likely to see them on social media or hear them when talking with your friends.
Example: I’m stoked to go to the concert because my favorite band is the headliner.
Where does stoked come from?
The first records of the slang sense of stoked come from around 1963. It is the past tense of the verb stoke. The first records of stoke come from around 1675. It comes from the Dutch stoken, meaning “to feed or stock a fire.”
The slang stoked is believed to have come from Californian surfer slang during the 1950s or 1960s. Similarly to the slang gnarly, stoked has since spread from surfer lingo to mainstream use across the United States.
Interestingly, the excited sense of stoked has been used in Australia and New Zealand, but the intoxicated sense has not.
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What are some other forms related to stoked?
- unstoked (adjective)
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How is stoked used in real life?
Stoked is a common slang used when someone is excited about something.
It’s 30 degrees right now with a high of 37 in my neck of Texas today. These are the days when I’m not super stoked to walk my pupper. But she’s still super stoked to go.
— LauraB’sAtHome🏡🖋 (@lulujb520) February 11, 2021
My tattoo artist uses vegan color. I had no idea vegan ink existed and I’m pretty stoked about it.
— Ashe (@tr_ashe17) February 10, 2021
IM GOING TO OREGON IN 8 DAYS AND IM SO STOKED 🥺
— lemon head 🍋 (@uhhhmeg) February 10, 2021
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Is stoked used correctly in the following sentence?
My little sister loves animals and is really stoked to go to the zoo with me tomorrow.
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