Meaning of Juke | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.
   Southern-US, countable
2. A feint.
   slang
3. Clipping of jukebox.
   abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, countable
4. The neck of a bird.
   slang
5. A genre of electronic music native to Chicago, noted for its fast, abstract rhythms; see footwork.
   uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“All Kouichi Furutono wanted to do was expose Japanese audiences to the skittering sounds of Chicago juke music.”

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