juke
noun
- a roadside or rural establishment offering liquor, dancing, and often gambling and prostitution
verb
- to play dance music, especially in a juke
- to dance, especially in a juke or to the music of a jukebox
verb
- to deceive or outmaneuver (a defending opponent) by a feint; fake
- to deceive or outmaneuver a defender by a feint
noun
- a feint or fake
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /d͡ʒuːk/
noun
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from Scots jouk, jowk, juke (“to elude, cheat; duck, skulk; bob, dodge”), palatalized variants of Scots deuk, douk, dowk (“to duck”). More at duck (verb).
- A feint.
- The neck of a bird.
verb
Etymology: Uncertain. Perhaps from Scots jouk, jowk, juke (“to elude, cheat; duck, skulk; bob, dodge”), palatalized variants of Scots deuk, douk, dowk (“to duck”). More at duck (verb).
- To deceive or outmaneuver someone using a feint, especially in American football or soccer.
“Turning the Vikings'¯ blitz against them, Westbrook took a screen pass from Donovan McNabb, then juked and scooted 71 yards for a touchdown.”
“Just before the Hongqi closed to within range of its proximity fuse, Vandal juked hard left and kicked in his afterburners. The first missile sped by without detonating. Vandal juked hard left again, completing a 180-degree turn.”
- To deceive or outmaneuver, using a feint.
“The runner juked Connor, the runner juked Smith, and Severin centered on him; he was five yards out, he screamed, he was a yard out, he screamed, he hit the kid so hard that both of their helmets flew off their heads.”
“He juked Judd out of his shoes, reversed his field, juked Tony, juked Nick, and pretty much juked the entire Bobcats kickoff team on the way to a seventy-two yard return for a touchdown.”
- To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
“The Money-Merchant, I warrant ye, was ſo Proud of his Truſt, and of his Bell, that he went Juking and Toſſing of his Head, and Tabring with his Feet all the way, as if no Ground would hold him.”
- To manipulate deceptively.
“The pilot instinctively juked the nimble chopper, but with so many bullets in the air, and so many of them spreading far from their intended target, it was impossible to evade them all.”
“Veteran pilots “juked” their bombers to throw off the gunners' aim.”
- To interrupt a conversation with an unrelated topic.
“Smith likes juking religion when talking with his family at dinner.”