transitive verb
juked, juk′ing to outmaneuver by a feint or other deceptive movement
to outmaneuver someone in such a manner
Origin of juke
origin, originally uncertainjuke
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juke
also jook Southeastern US
noun
A roadside or rural establishment offering liquor, dancing, and often gambling and prostitution. Also called juke house . Also called juke joint .
intransitive verb
juked, juk·ing, jukes, also jooked jook·ing jooks- To play dance music, especially in a juke.
- To dance, especially in a juke or to the music of a jukebox.
Origin of juke
Probably from Gullah juke, joog disorderly, wicked of West African origin Wolof dzug to live wickedly and Bambara dzugu wicked Word History: Gullah, the English-based Creole language spoken by people of African ancestry off the coast of Georgia and South Carolina, retains a number of words from the West African languages brought over by slaves. One such word is juke, “bad, wicked, disorderly,” the probable source of the English word juke. Used originally in Florida and then chiefly in the Southeastern states, juke (also appearing in the compound juke joint ) was an African-American word meaning a roadside drinking establishment that offers cheap drinks, food, and music for dancing and often doubles as a brothel. “To juke” is to dance, particularly at a juke joint or to the music of a jukebox whose name, no longer regional and having lost the connotation of sleaziness, contains the same word.Football
verb
juked, juk·ing, jukesverb
transitiveTo deceive or outmaneuver (a defending opponent) by a feint; fake.
verb
intransitiveTo deceive or outmaneuver a defender by a feint.
noun
A feint or fake.
Origin of juke
Middle English jowken to bend in a supple wayTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural jukes)
- (Southern US) A roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.
Verb
(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
Origin
From Gullah juke, joog (“wicked, disorderly”) (compare Wolof and Bambara dzug (“unsavory”)).
Verb
(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
- To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
Origin
From Middle English jowken (“bend”)
Verb
(third-person singular simple present jukes, present participle juking, simple past and past participle juked)
- (prison slang) To stab.
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