juke

Plural: jukes

Noun

• a small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
• (football) a deceptive move made by a football player
• A roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.
• Clipping of jukebox.
• A genre of electronic music native to Chicago, noted for its fast, abstract rhythms; see footwork.
• A feint.
• The neck of a bird.

Verb

Verb Forms: juked, juking, jukes

• To make a deceptive move to evade an opponent; to fake out.
• To play dance music, or to dance, in a juke.
• To hit.
• To stab.
• To thrust with the pelvis, in particular for sexual intercourse.
• To deceive or outmaneuver someone using a feint, especially in American football or soccer.
• To deceive or outmaneuver, using a feint.
• To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
• To manipulate deceptively.

Examples

• He tried to juke his opponent into thinking he had no vowels, then dropped a long word.

Synonyms

fake, jook, jook house, jook joint, juke house, juke joint, barrelhouse, chef, chib, ching, chive, dummy, enthrill, foin, gore, gride, jab, job, juke, kebab, knifecrime, lancinate, pigstick, pink, poach, run through, shank, shiv, spear, speet, splash, stab, stick, stob, stog, thrust, yerk

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