juke
To play dance music, or to dance, in a jukeTo play dance music, or to dance, in a juke.
» Tom put a coin in the juke box and selected a song.
Meaning
9 sensesTo play dance music, or to dance, in a juke.
(slang)To hit.
(slang)To stab.
(slang)To thrust with the pelvis, in particular for sexual intercourse.
(intransitive, slang)To deceive or outmaneuver someone using a feint, especially in American football or soccer.
(slang, transitive)To deceive or outmaneuver, using a feint.
(intransitive, slang)To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
(slang, transitive)To manipulate deceptively.
(slang, transitive)To interrupt a conversation with an unrelated topic.
Smith likes juking religion when talking with his family at dinner.
Examples
3 sentencesTom put a coin in the juke box and selected a song.
The racer looked as though he might eat the wall after trying to juke his opponent.
He jukes left, jukes right, shoots, scores!
Origin
From Gullah juke, jook, joog (“wicked, disorderly”) (compare Wolof and Bambara dzug (“unsaFrom Gullah juke, jook, joog (“wicked, disorderly”) (compare Wolof and Bambara dzug (“unsavory”)).
Borrowed from Jamaican Creole jook.
Uncertain. Perhaps from Scots jouk, jowk, juke (“to elude, cheat; duck, skulk; bob, dodge”), palatalized variants of Scots deuk, douk, dowk (“to duck”). More at duck (verb).
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Forms
jukes, juking, juked, jukedSynonyms
31 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle