juke.
A roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.
Meaning & usage
A roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.
Clipping of jukebox.
A genre of electronic music native to Chicago, noted for its fast, abstract rhythms; see footwork.
Where this word comes from
From Gullah juke, jook, joog (“wicked, disorderly”) (compare Wolof and Bambara dzug (“unsavory”)).
To play dance music, or to dance, in a juke.
Where this word comes from
From Gullah juke, jook, joog (“wicked, disorderly”) (compare Wolof and Bambara dzug (“unsavory”)).
To hit.
To stab.
To thrust with the pelvis, in particular for sexual intercourse.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Jamaican Creole jook.
To deceive or outmaneuver someone using a feint, especially in American football or soccer.
To deceive or outmaneuver, using a feint.
To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
To manipulate deceptively.
To interrupt a conversation with an unrelated topic.
Smith likes juking religion when talking with his family at dinner.
Where this word 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).
A feint.
The neck of a bird.
Where this word 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).
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