🇬🇧 Toque meaning: English Vocabulary Flash Card

A toque is a cozy hat made of wool or other soft fabric that fits closely around your head and ears to keep you warm. Many toques have a little round, fluffy ball called a pom‑pom on top, and they come in lots of colors and patterns. People usually wear toques in cold weather so their heads don’t freeze, and they can be pulled down over your ears like a soft, warm helmet.

The babysitter said, “Put on your toque,” so I came back wearing three, just to be extra responsible.

I tried to style my hair, but my toque said, “Nice try,” and squished it back to zero.

My toque shrank in the dryer, so now it’s living its new life as a very stylish potato warmer.

Grandma knitted my toque so long that when I unrolled it, it reached all the way to my knees.

In really cold places like Canada, people love wearing a warm toque so much that it’s almost like a crown for surviving winter.

Anna pulls a blue toque down over her son's ears. A sharp wind lifts the toque, and it flies into the street. A passerby picks up the wet toque and runs it back. The boy sobs, then beams as his mother presses the warm toque snug. He waves at the stranger and keeps the toque.

This word is at the C2 level, which means it represents the highest mastery of English. It’s often used in specialized or highly formal contexts and helps you communicate with precision and subtlety, much like a native speaker.

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