noun

• (specifically) A tall white hat with no brim of the sort worn by chefs
  "Chef Felder was in her early forties, slender, with short wavy brown hair, almost all of which could be contained within her toque."
• (by extension, informal) A chef.
  "2007—October, Nicole Berrie, "Green Eggs and Sam", in Elle, page 360, Sam Mason first grabbed the spotlight as the pastry chef ... for being the most rock 'n' roll toque in town."
• (historical) An African nominal money of account, equal to 40 cowries.

noun

• (Canada) A knitted hat, usually conical but of varying shape, often woollen, and sometimes topped by a pom-pom or tassel.
  "Such is the demented nature of the universe that I was too weak to properly respond to my being hit on by carloads of Betties and Veronicas—all except for the cheeky Cheryl Anderson who gave me ‘manual release’ the day I lost my eyebrows, followed by a flood of tears and the snapping of Polaroids in which I wear a knit toque. Gush gush."

noun

• (music) A rhythm used in Latin music, especially Cuban religious rituals.
• (music) The guitar part of flamenco music.