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juke¹

  • /d͡ʒuːk/

Sounds like jook (some senses), duke (yod-coalescence) · Rhymes with -uːk

Where it comes from

From Gullah juke, jook, joog (“wicked, disorderly”) (compare Wolof and Bambara dzug (“unsavory”)).

noun jukes

  1. Southern US, countable A roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.
  2. abbreviation, clipping, countable Clipping of jukebox.jukebox The juke played five times for a quarter and she never wearied of tapping. Nor did she tire of the same record five times in a row; she was too indolent to select more than one number.
  3. uncountable A genre of electronic music native to Chicago, noted for its fast, abstract rhythms; see footwork. All Kouichi Furutono wanted to do was expose Japanese audiences to the skittering sounds of Chicago juke music.

Similar: barrelhouse, juke house, juke joint

verb jukes · juking · juked

  1. To play dance music, or to dance, in a juke. ‘Let's jouk’ is an invitation to dance, but ‘Let's go joukin’’ is a request for a date.

juke²

  • /d͡ʒuːk/

Sounds like jook (some senses), duke (yod-coalescence) · Rhymes with -uːk

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole jook.

verb jukes · juking · juked · jook · jugg

  1. slang To hit.
  2. slang To stab. "None of the Latinos liked him." "So now he's dead." "So go talk to the other ten thousand people could've juked him."
  3. slang To thrust with the pelvis, in particular for sexual intercourse. Got a ratchet lil bitch and she from Inglewood I'm moving around, I do nothing but jugg I'm fucking these ho like a young nigga should And you'd do the same if you young niggas could

juke³

  • /d͡ʒuːk/

Sounds like jook (some senses), duke (yod-coalescence) · Rhymes with -uːk

Where it comes from

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).

verb jukes · juking · juked

  1. intransitive, slang To deceive or outmaneuver someone using a feint, especially in American football or soccer. Turning the Vikings'¯ blitz against them, Westbrook took a screen pass from Donovan McNabb, then juked and scooted 71 yards for a touchdown.
  2. slang, transitive To deceive or outmaneuver, using a feint. The runner juked Connor, the runner juked Smith, and Severin centered on him; he was five yards out, he screamed, he was a yard out, he screamed, he hit the kid so hard that both of their helmets flew off their heads.
  3. intransitive, slang To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head. The Money-Merchant, I warrant ye, was ſo Proud of his Truſt, and of his Bell, that he went Juking and Toſſing of his Head, and Tabring with his Feet all the way, as if no Ground would hold him.
  4. slang, transitive To manipulate deceptively. The pilot instinctively juked the nimble chopper, but with so many bullets in the air, and so many of them spreading far from their intended target, it was impossible to evade them all.
  5. slang, transitive To interrupt a conversation with an unrelated topic. Smith likes juking religion when talking with his family at dinner.

noun jukes

  1. slang A feint.
  2. slang The neck of a bird.

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