English

Noun

juke ‎(plural jukes)

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

Synonyms

• barrelhouse
• juke joint

Translations

See also

• roadhouse

Verb

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

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

Derived terms

• jukebox
• juke joint

Etymology 2

From Middle English jowken ‎(“bend”)

Verb

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

1. To deceive or outmaneuver (someone) using a feint, especially in American football or soccer
   • 2009, January 5, “Pat Borzi”, in Eagles Elude Vikings, but Giants Stand in the Way:

     Turning the Vikings'¯ blitz against them, Westbrook took a screen pass from Donovan McNabb , then juked and scooted 71 yards for a touchdown.

2. To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
   • L'Estrange

     The money merchant was so proud of his trust that he went juking and tossing of his head.

Noun

juke ‎(plural jukes)

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

Etymology 3

Verb

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

1. (prison slang) To stab.
   • 1992, Ed McBain, Kiss

     "None of the Latinos liked him."
     "So now he's dead."
     "So go talk to the other ten thousand people could've juked him."

   • 2007, Teenager filmed by friend as he stabbed 16-year-old student to death (in Mail Online, 9 February 2007)

     On the internet that night Asghar told a friend: "I'll bang him and then f*** it man, might as well juke [stab] him up tomorrow."

   • 2012, Russell Banks, Book of Jamaica

     He beat me up a couple of times, and I got scared, so one night when he started up again, I just juked him. Three times in the chest, and it still didn't kill him! But I had to go to jail for a whole year.

References

1. ↑ Lorenzo Dow Turner, “West African Survivals in the Vocabulary of Gullah” (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Modern Language Association, 1938)
2. ↑ Will McGuire, “Dzug, Dzog, Dzugu, Jook, Juke”, Time, vol. 35, no. 5 (1940), p. 12