Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A money-operated machine that plays music, usually equipped with pushbuttons for the selection of particular recordings.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A phonograph or compact disc player with multiple discs, requiring the insertion of coins prior to playing, and allowing the user to select the playing of any disc in its inventory. An early version was called the
nickelodeon . - noun (Computers) a data-storage device having multiple compact discs, of which only one may be on-line at any given time, which permits the user (through computer commands) to select on-line access to any disc from its inventory, in a manner reminiscent of a musical jukebox{1}.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
coin -operated machine thatplays recorded music ; it haspush-buttons to makeselections . - noun computing An
automated carousel for thestorage andretrieval oftapes ,CD-ROMs , etc. - noun computing, by extension A
software application capable of replayingtracks from a digitalmusic collection .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a cabinet containing an automatic record player; records are played by inserting a coin
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Examples
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I caught that too. jukebox is a real stickler and pedant when it suits him; but truly elastic when it comes to his own dishonest misstatements.
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However the traditional jukebox is being rapidly replaced with digital download devices (Touchtones seems to be the dominant brand in my area).
Matthew Yglesias » Jukeboxes are Killing The Recording Industry 2007
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Kern, Sherman and Robot John walk across the planet – and Robot John helpfully plays some music on his built-in jukebox to make the journey pleasant.
Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2006
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The novelty tune “Why Don’t We Get Drunk” exceeded 50,000 units in jukebox sales alone shortly after release and was still described by Billboard as a jukebox favorite more than three years later.
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The novelty tune “Why Don’t We Get Drunk” exceeded 50,000 units in jukebox sales alone shortly after release and was still described by Billboard as a jukebox favorite more than three years later.
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The danger of a jukebox is that it gets bullied by someone with bad taste (however, since people tend to go places that feature music that’s at least minimally agreeable, that danger is probably overstated).
Around the Internets 2008
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As the rate for one jukebox is a whopping $405/year for the first jukebox and $93 each additional one and the statutory minimum for copyright infringement is $750/count, it’s really a no-brainer.
Matthew Yglesias » Jukeboxes are Killing The Recording Industry 2007
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“A jukebox is an old, old method of playing music,” Raynor explained.
Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011
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“A jukebox is an old, old method of playing music,” Raynor explained.
Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011
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I remember sitting around with her trying to figure out how we could stage this thing as theater—basically conceptualizing what we now call a jukebox musical.
Theater Geek Mickey Rapkin 2010
chained_bear commented on the word jukebox
Really big, coin-operated iPods with very limited gigabytes.
Work best in Waffle House.
October 28, 2007
seanahan commented on the word jukebox
The newfangled jukeboxes allow you to download songs from a massive library onto the machine for an extra cost, so you aren't limited to a small number of records.
October 28, 2007