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JUKE

Definition: JUKE

JUKE

Intransitive verb

1. To perch on anything, as birds do.

2. To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.

Noun

1. The neck of a bird.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Specialty Definitions: JUKE

DomainDefinitions

Electrical Engineering

A cabinet containing an automatic player and numerous records that are played by inserting a coin in a slot. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: JUKE

English words defined with "JUKE": Jougs, Jouk. (references)
Specialty definitions using "JUKE": juke box. (references)

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Modern Usage: JUKE

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Juke box urli d'amore (1960)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: JUKE

DomainTitle

Books

  • Fodor's Rock & Roll Traveler USA: The Ultimate Guide to Juke Joints, Street Corners, Whiskey Bars and Hotel Rooms Where Music History Was Made) (reference)

  • Juke Box #2 (reference)

  • Juke box Saturday night (reference)

  • Juke Box: 33 Pop Songs from the '50S, 60s and '70s (reference)

  • Juke Joint: Photographs (Author and Artist Series) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

  • Shining Time Station: The Juke Box Puppet Band: A Day in the Life (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: JUKE

Computer Images:
JUKE

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Photo Album: JUKE

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Juke Joint Sniper : Syphilis and Gonorrhea / Ferree. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

"America's Juke Box King" Frank Yankovic and his orchestra / Maurice, Chicago. Credit: Library of Congress.

Negroes jitterbugging in a juke joint on Saturday afternoon. Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta. Credit: Library of Congress.

Saturday afternoon in a Negro beer and juke joint. Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta. Credit: Library of Congress.

Negroes spending their cotton money in gambling and juke joint, Saturday night, outside Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta. Credit: Library of Congress.

Jitterbugging in Negro juke joint, Saturday evening, outside Clarksdale, Mississippi. Credit: Library of Congress.

Negro migratory workers by a "juke joint" (?), Belle Glade, Fla. Credit: Library of Congress.

Living quarters and "juke joint" for migratory workers, a slack season; Belle Glade, Fla. Credit: Library of Congress.

Migratory laborers outside of a "juke joint" during a slack season, Belle Glade, Fla. Credit: Library of Congress.

A cross roads store, bar, "juke joint," and gas station in the cotton plantation area, Melrose, La. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Usage Frequency: JUKE

"JUKE" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 79.31% of the time. "JUKE" is used about 29 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)79.31%2372,767
Noun (proper)20.69%6143,867
                    Total100.00%29N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: JUKE

Expression using "JUKE": juke box. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "JUKE": juke-box, juke-boxes, juke-joint.

Ending with "JUKE": video-juke.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: JUKE

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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3,344

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64

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61

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956

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60

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453

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59

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295

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58

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294

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57

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222

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56

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210

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56

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206

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55

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195

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138

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51

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136

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50

8.0 box juke match music

122

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50

7.5 box juke match music

115

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50

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105

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47

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104

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44

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103

creative nomad juke box zen

44

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99

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42

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85

box download free juke match music

42

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71

free real juke box

39
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: JUKE

Language Translations for "JUKE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

gramafon me monedhë (juke box). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

евтин ресторант с дансинг (juke-joint). (various references)

   

Czech

  

hudební automat (juke box, musical box). (various references)

   

French

  

phono mécanique (juke box), phono sous (juke box), boîte musique (juke box). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ηλεκτρόφωνο (juke box), τζιουκμπόξ (juke box), τζουκμπόξ (juke box). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

zenegép (juke-box, music box, music player, radiogram, radiogramophone), wurlitzer (juke box, jukebox, juke-box). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

ジャンプ競技 (deuce, dugong, genre, jamboree, jewel, jewelry, joule, Juglar cycle, juice, juicer, juju music, juke-box, jumbo, jumbo-jet, jumbo-size, June bride, junior, junior welter, ski jumping, soft drink). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ジュークボックス (juke-box). (various references)

   

Manx

  

kishtey kiaullee (juke box, piano accordion). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ukejay

   

Romanian

  

tonomat (juke box). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

проигрыватель-автомат (juke box). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

džu-boks (juke box, jukebox). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: JUKE

Derivations

Words beginning with "JUKE": jukebox, jukeboxes, juked, jukes. (additional references)


Misspellings

"JUKE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: ajoke, djukic, Gjoka, guke, guku, jace, jaka, jake, ja-kki, jauk, jauked, Jek, jeke, Jekou, jice, Jik, jike, Jka, jke, joae, joce, joci, jofe, joken, joki, joku, joky, jome, jouce, Jouke, Jouko, ju, juc, juca, juce, juced, juche, juci, juck, jude, jue, juen, jufe, Juhel, juk, juka, juker, jukic, jukka, jukle, Juku, jukun, Ju-kwa, jule, jume, junke, jupe, jure, juse, jusk, juve, juxe, kuke, Uke, Ukj. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "JUKE"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "JUKE" (pronounced juw"k)
2-uw" kduke, fluke, kook, nuke, puke, rebuke, souk, spook.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: JUKE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-j-k-u"

-1 letter: jeu, kue, uke.

 Words containing the letters "e-j-k-u"
 

+1 letter: juked, jukes.

 

+2 letters: jauked, jouked, junked, junker, junket, junkie.

 

+3 letters: jukebox, junkers, junkets, junkier, junkies, junkmen, kajeput.

 

+4 letters: bluejack, junketed, junketer, junkiest, kabeljou, kajeputs.

 

+5 letters: bluejacks, jukeboxes, junketeer, junketers, junketing, kabeljous, kilojoule, superjock.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: JUKE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4A 55 4B 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001010 01010101 01001011 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#74 &#85 &#75 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004A 0055 004B 0045

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

44554539

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Non-English Dictionaries with "JUKE"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Albanian

fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferimshqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanais, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, Albaneagh, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac

Bulgarian

речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, преводbulgr, български, български език, българин, bulharský, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin

Czech

slovník, definice, překladçek, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Τσέχος, cseh, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki

French

dictionnaire, définition, traductionfrëngjishte, frëng, franceze, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, français, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, フレコン化 , 仏文 , フランス" , 仏 , ふつぶ", ふつ, フレンチ , フランセ , Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi

Greek

λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφρασηгръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, grec, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, ギリシア語 , ギリシア", Greagish, Greagagh, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik

Hungarian

szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordításунгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ούγγρος, magyar, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 japonez, японски език, японци, японски, japonský, Japonais, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょjaponez, японски език, японци, японски, japonský, Japonais, ιαπωνικόσ, Ιάπωνας· "ιαπωνέζος, ιάπωνεσ, ιάπων, ιαπωνικά, japán, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", Shapaanagh, Shapaanish, japonezã, японский, японец, japanski, japanski jezik, japanac

Manx

fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baghtgjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana

Romanian

dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcirerumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, Roumain, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, Roomainagh, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski

Russian

словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещениеруски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Ρώσος, orosz, ロシア語 , ロシア", Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski

Serbo-Croatian

leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenjesârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationanglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglais, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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