jukebox Hear it!

jukebox definition

☆ juke·box (jo̵̅o̅k′bäks′)

noun

  1. a coin-operated player for records, discs, etc., used in restaurants, bars, etc.: a record, disc, etc. is chosen by pushing a button
  2. any device for playing CD's, accessing CD-ROM's, etc. in which one of several discs may be selected for use

Etymology: Gullah juke, wicked, disorderly (as in juke-house, house of prostitution), of WAfr orig.

Also written juke box

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.