Juke

From Gullah juke, joog ("wicked, disorderly") (compare Wolof and Bambara dzug ("unsavory")).

Full definition of juke

Noun

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

Verb

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

Derived terms

• jukebox
• juke joint

From Middle English jowken ("bend")

Verb

1. 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.
2. To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
• L'EstrangeThe money merchant was so proud of his trust that he went juking and tossing of his head.

Noun

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

Verb

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) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-435076/Teenager-filmed-friend-stabbed-16-year-old-student-death.htmlOn 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 JamaicaHe 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.