JUKE

juke, fake

(noun) (football) a deceptive move made by a football player

juke, jook, juke joint, jook joint, juke house, jook house

(noun) a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

juke (plural jukes)

(southern US) A roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.

Synonyms

• barrelhouse

• juke joint

Verb

juke (third-person singular simple present jukes, present participle juking, simple past and past participle juked)

to play dance music, or to dance, in a juke

Etymology 2

Verb

juke (third-person singular simple present jukes, present participle juking, simple past and past participle juked)

(slang) to hit

(prison slang) to stab

Synonym: Thesaurus:stab

Etymology 3

Verb

juke (third-person singular simple present jukes, present participle juking, simple past and past participle juked)

To deceive or outmaneuver someone using a feint, especially in American football or soccer

Synonym: dummy

To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.

Noun

juke (plural jukes)

(sports) A feint.

Synonym: dummy

The neck of a bird.

Source: Wiktionary

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Juke, v. i. Etym: [from Scottish jouk to bow.]

Definition: To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head. [Written also jook and jouk.] The money merchant was so proud of his trust that he went juking and tossing of his head. L' Estrange.

Juke, n.

Definition: The neck of a bird. [Prov. Eng.]

Juke, v. i. Etym: [F. juc a roost, perch, jucher to roost, to perch.]

Definition: To perch on anything, as birds do. [Obs.]

JUKES, THE Jukes, The

Definition: A pseudonym used to designate the descendants of two sisters, the "Jukes" sisters, whose husbands were sons of a backwoodsman of Dutch descent. They lived in the State of New York, and their history was investigated by R. L. Dugdale as an example of the inheritance of criminal and immoral tendencies, disease, and pauperism. Sixty per cent of those traced showed, degeneracy, and they are estimated to have cost society $1,308,000 in 75 years.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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