different between juked vs juke

English

Verb

juked

1. simple past tense and past participle of juke

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??u?k/
• Rhymes: -u?k
• Homophones: jook (some senses), duke (with yod coalescence)

Etymology 1

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

Noun

juke (plural jukes)

1. (Southern US) A roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.
2. Short for jukebox.
   • 2011, Nelson Algren, Never Come Morning

     The juke played five times for a quarter and she never wearied of tapping. Nor did she tire of the same record five times in a row; she was too indolent to select more than one number.

Synonyms

• barrelhouse
• juke house
• juke joint

Translations

Derived terms

• jukebox
• juke joint

Verb

juke (third-person singular simple present jukes, present participle juking, simple past and past participle juked)

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

Etymology 2

From Jamaican Creole jook.

Verb

juke (third-person singular simple present jukes, present participle juking, simple past and past participle juked)

1. (slang) to hit
2. (prison slang) to stab
   • 2007, Teenager filmed by friend as he stabbed 16-year-old student to death (in Mail Online, 9 February 2007) [1]

     On 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."

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:stab

Alternative forms

• (to stab): jook (/d??k/)

Etymology 3

From Middle English jowken (“bend”)

Verb

juke (third-person singular simple present jukes, present participle juking, simple past and past participle juked)

1. (intransitive) To deceive or outmaneuver someone using a feint, especially in American football or soccer

   Synonym: dummy
2. (transitive) To deceive or outmaneuver, using a feint.
4. (intransitive) To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
5. (transitive) To manipulate deceptively.

Noun

juke (plural jukes)

1. (sports) A feint.

   Synonym: dummy

2. The neck of a bird.

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