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Definition: JUKE |
JUKEIntransitive verb1. To perch on anything, as birds do. 2. To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head. Noun1. The neck of a bird. |
| Domain | Definitions |
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. | |
Crosswords: JUKE |
| English words defined with "JUKE": Jougs, Jouk. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "JUKE": juke box. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | Juke box urli d'amore (1960) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | 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. | |||
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 79.31% | 23 | 72,767 |
| Noun (proper) | 20.69% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Total | 100.00% | 29 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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. | |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
music match juke box | 3,344 | box juke mg open | 64 |
juke box | 3,121 | seeburg juke box | 61 |
real juke box | 956 | wurlitzer juke box | 60 |
music juke box | 453 | real juke box download | 59 |
media juke box | 295 | archos juke box multimedia | 58 |
nomad juke box | 294 | 8 box juke match music | 57 |
archos juke box | 222 | creative nomad juke box | 56 |
mp3 juke box | 210 | free juke box | 56 |
box juke openmg | 206 | box download juke openmg | 55 |
cd juke box | 195 | juke | 53 |
box juke nomad zen | 138 | box juke spr | 51 |
music match juke box plus | 136 | creative juke box | 50 |
8.0 box juke match music | 122 | juke box neo | 50 |
7.5 box juke match music | 115 | neo car juke box | 50 |
music match juke box download | 105 | zen juke box | 47 |
nomad juke box 3 | 104 | oldies juke box | 44 |
dvd juke box | 103 | creative nomad juke box zen | 44 |
box juke ringtone | 99 | juke box for sale | 42 |
music match juke box skin | 85 | box download free juke match music | 42 |
free music match juke box | 71 | free real juke box | 39 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| 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 tonomat (juke box). (various references) проигрыватель-автомат (juke box). (various references) džu-boks (juke box, jukebox). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "JUKE": jukebox, jukeboxes, juked, jukes. (additional references) | |
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"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). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "JUKE" (pronounced juw"k) |
| 2 | -uw" k | duke, fluke, kook, nuke, puke, rebuke, souk, spook. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
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. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4A 55 4B 45 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--- ..- -.- . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001010 01010101 01001011 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)J U K E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004A 0055 004B 0045 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)44554539 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, 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, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, bulharský, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Τσέχος, cseh, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, 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, μετάφραση | гръцки 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, fordítás | унгарски 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, baght | gjuha 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, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, Roumain, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, Roomainagh, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски 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, tumačenje | sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglais, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik |
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