Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A roadside or rural establishment offering liquor, dancing, and often gambling and prostitution.
- intransitive verb To play dance music, especially in a juke.
- intransitive verb To dance, especially in a juke or to the music of a jukebox.
- intransitive verb To deceive or outmaneuver (a defending opponent) by a feint; fake.
- intransitive verb To deceive or outmaneuver a defender by a feint.
- noun A feint or fake.
from The Century Dictionary.
- A dialectal variant of
jouk . - See jouk.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
- intransitive verb obsolete To perch on anything, as birds do.
- noun Prov. Eng. The neck of a bird.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
deceive oroutmaneuver (someone) using afeint , especially inAmerican football orsoccer - noun A
feint - noun southern, US A
roadside cafe orbar , especially one withdancing and sometimesprostitution . - verb to play
dance music , or todance , in a juke
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
- noun a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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For one night only, the Queens Theatre will be transformed to recreate the makeshift bars and clubs of 1930's Mississippi that became known as juke joints, where weary workers sought release in the simplicity of a cold beer and the grinding rhythms of travelling bluesmen.
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A juke is a dodge in sports to avoid a tackle or steal.
Juuuke! - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2007
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The music that footworkers dance to developed out of a similar style of dance music called juke in the mid '90s.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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The music that footworkers dance to developed out of a similar style of dance music called juke in the mid '90s.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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The music that footworkers dance to developed out of a similar style of dance music called juke in the mid '90s.
NPR Topics: News 2010
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As has been well documented, many white rock performers found their calling in black juke joints and nightclubs or by listening to R & B on the radio, and the music they created challenged all the tenets of American citizenship.
A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010
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When I first moved to Louisiana, I looked up a retired anthropologist who had devoted himself to researching the juke joints and blues musicians of this area.
The Bushman Way of Tracking God PhD Bradford Keeney 2010
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We tried to hold conversation over the juke box, which we somehow managed.
Going Somewhere Else Erin Zulkoski 2011
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After making his demonic deal, RJ goes down to the local juke joint to hang out with the traveling bluesmen currently in town.
Me and the Devil Blues Books 1 and 2 » Manga Worth Reading 2009
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In it, RJ talks about wanting to be a bluesman hanging out at the local juke joint listening to whatever musician is in town and trying to play the guitar himself.
Me and the Devil Blues Books 1 and 2 » Manga Worth Reading 2009
haguremetaru commented on the word juke
I use "juked!" all the time.
December 10, 2006
cameronwilson commented on the word juke
juke is also used as a verb, meaning to "stab".
example: "Ask children where on the body it is safe to stab or 'juke' someone and the vast majority will say the leg or buttock" - The Daily Telegraph
April 27, 2009