dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/juk_MW.json

{
  "juke joint":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a small inexpensive establishment for eating, drinking, or dancing to the music of a jukebox or a live band":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the new Baz Luhrmann film dramatizing the life and career of Elvis Presley, a young Elvis peers into a juke joint in his hometown of Tupelo, Miss., and his jaw drops. \u2014 Sonia Rao, Washington Post , 24 June 2022",
      "The film unravels 40 years of secrets and lies in a tale of forbidden love and family drama soundtracked by juke joint blues in the deep South. \u2014 Angelique Jackson, Variety , 11 Feb. 2022",
      "Written, directed, and produced by Tyler Perry, A Jazzman's Blues unspools 40 years of secrets and lies in a tale of forbidden love and family drama soundtracked by juke joint blues in the deep South. \u2014 Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "Written, directed and produced by Tyler Perry, A Jazzman\u2019s Blues unspools forty years of secrets and lies in a tale of forbidden love and family drama soundtracked by juke joint blues in the deep South. \u2014 Jacob Siegal, BGR , 3 Feb. 2022",
      "Last year, the couple debuted their new modern-day juke joint , Leah & Louise, in the city\u2019s creative hub, Camp North End. \u2014 Deanna Taylor, Cond\u00e9 Nast Traveler , 16 Dec. 2021",
      "The Grammy- and Oscar-winning singer is set to play Squeak \u2014 a juke joint waitress/aspiring singer \u2014 in the film adaptation produced by Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, the 1985 film\u2019s star and director. \u2014 Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone , 21 Oct. 2021",
      "The stage set and background evoked a patinaed juke joint . \u2014 Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al , 6 Sep. 2021",
      "The Grammy- and Oscar-winning singer is set to play Squeak \u2014 a juke joint waitress/aspiring singer \u2014 in the film adaptation produced by Oprah Winfrey and Steven Spielberg, the 1985 film\u2019s star and director, the Hollywood Reporter writes. \u2014 Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone , 28 Aug. 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1937, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-150418"
  },
  "jukebox musical":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a musical that features popular songs from the past":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "After expanding her musical output to Broadway with her 2019 Tony Award-winning jukebox musical Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette will soon explore a new sonic territory: meditation music. \u2014 Kat Bouza, Rolling Stone , 19 May 2022",
      "The $85 million jukebox musical sequel earned another $4.8 million (-17%) sixth weekend gross. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 30 Jan. 2022",
      "Illumination's $85 million jukebox musical should earn around $19.51 million (-13%) in weekend two for a $90 million 12-day cume. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 1 Jan. 2022",
      "Aspiring writer Ewan McGregor is warm for nightclub singer Nicole Kidman\u2019s form in Baz Luhrmann\u2019s frenetic 2001 jukebox musical set in late 19th century Paris. \u2014 Matt Cooperlistings Coordinator, Los Angeles Times , 7 Apr. 2022",
      "The jukebox musical , set is in the 1950s, is based on the music of Elvis Presley. \u2014 Ed Wittenberg, cleveland , 1 Apr. 2022",
      "The pair of siblings posed in front of a poster displaying the logo of the jukebox musical at the Neil Simon Theatre, with Prince, 24, in a grey suit and Paris, 23, in a red paisley dress. \u2014 Dan Heching, PEOPLE.com , 2 Feb. 2022",
      "Universal\u2019s $85 million jukebox musical earned another $19.6 million over its second Fri-Sun weekend, dropping just 12% for a new $89.6 million domestic cume. \u2014 Scott Mendelson, Forbes , 2 Jan. 2022",
      "This jukebox musical re-creates a 1956 jam session in Memphis that featured rock \u2019n\u2019 roll greats Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 20 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1993, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-152753"
  },
  "jukebox":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8j\u00fck-\u02ccb\u00e4ks"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Around since the \u201850s, it is rightly famed for several things: its great jukebox , its beer garden, and its double cheeseburgers. \u2014 Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com , 27 May 2022",
      "PufferFish's ambience at Metro will be something of a split personality to accommodate two kinds of customers \u2014 moody inside, with low lighting and candles, and a party outside, with bossanova on the jukebox . \u2014 Carol Deptolla, Journal Sentinel , 9 June 2022",
      "In fact, the song gets so much play in the final months of the year that in 2021, a bar banned patrons from playing it on the jukebox before December and then only once a night after that. \u2014 Sara Netzley, EW.com , 4 June 2022",
      "It\u2019s the end of an era, because the iPod was more than just a portable jukebox . \u2014 Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone , 13 May 2022",
      "The smell of fresh lumber lingered in the air, the fire marshal was checking emergency sprinklers and workers were setting up a jukebox with Dylan\u2019s greatest hits \u2014 in lieu of the reclusive genius himself. \u2014 Washington Post , 6 May 2022",
      "The smell of fresh lumber lingered in the air, the fire marshal was checking emergency sprinklers and workers were setting up a jukebox with Dylan\u2019s greatest hits - in lieu of the reclusive genius himself. \u2014 Annie Gowen, Anchorage Daily News , 6 May 2022",
      "There is a jukebox that Elvis Costello packed with songs by Dylan or numbers that shaped him. \u2014 Rj Smith, Los Angeles Times , 11 May 2022",
      "Business was bad, and the young proprietor, in a decision that would have social historians wagging for decades, concluded that the problem was the jukebox . \u2014 New York Times , 1 May 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "from dialect jukehouse brothel, from juke to have sexual intercourse with, of Atlantic Creole origin; akin to Jamaican English juk to poke, stab, Krio chuk":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1939, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-160904"
  },
  "juke":{
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to fake out of position (as in football)":[],
      ": to juke someone":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8j\u00fck"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "deke",
      "fake",
      "fake out"
    ],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "He juked a couple of defenders and scored.",
      "She juked and weaved around the defense.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "As a youngster, Wallace had a knack for playing the piano, a talent that took him to juke joints on the Chitlin\u2019 Circuit with his brother, who played guitar. \u2014 Vincent T. Davis, San Antonio Express-News , 28 Feb. 2022",
      "His fellow receivers elevated their play accordingly, Lamb caught the ball behind the line of scrimmage, only to juke out Saints defenders to the tune of a 33-yard gain. \u2014 Jori Epstein, USA TODAY , 3 Dec. 2021",
      "Lewis did the rest, making several great moves to juke defenders down the left sideline to give the Cardinals at 7-0 lead with 11:27 left in the half. \u2014 Mike Frainie, baltimoresun.com , 20 Nov. 2021",
      "Companies that disclose information open themselves up to judgment and criticism, which incentivizes them to juke the stats. \u2014 Alison Taylor, Quartz , 30 June 2021",
      "The ability to move side to side and potentially juke someone is also great for rundowns in baseball or a running back shedding a tackler in football. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 6 May 2021",
      "The ability to move side to side and potentially juke someone is also great for rundowns in baseball or a running back shedding a tackler in football. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 6 May 2021",
      "The ability to move side to side and potentially juke someone is also great for rundowns in baseball or a running back shedding a tackler in football. \u2014 Chris Hachey, BGR , 6 May 2021",
      "As Vaz tracked him with the ball in his glove, McCants headed back to second and tried to juke around him, but Vaz made a diving tag to record the out. \u2014 Tom Murphy, Arkansas Online , 29 May 2021"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "probably alteration of English dialect jouk to cheat, deceive":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1967, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220708-175740"
  }
}