juke
A roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitutionA roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.
» Tom put a coin in the juke box and selected a song.
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4 senses(Southern US, countable)A roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.
(uncountable)A genre of electronic music native to Chicago, noted for its fast, abstract rhythms; see footwork.
придорожная закусочнаяpridorožnaja zakusočnaja, барbar
(slang)A feint.
(slang)The neck of a bird.
- (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
- a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
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!
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
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”)).
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
plural: jukesSynonyms
9 synonyms- (football) a deceptive move made by a football player:fake
- a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox:jookjuke jointjook jointjuke housejook house
Word family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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