juke

Etymology 1

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

noun

1. (Southern US) A roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.
2. Short for jukebox.
   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. 2011, Nelson Algren, Never Come Morning
3. (uncountable, music) A genre of electronic music native to Chicago, noted for its fast, abstract rhythms; see footwork.
   All Kouichi Furutono wanted to do was expose Japanese audiences to the skittering sounds of Chicago juke music. 2018-10-05, Patrick St. Michel, “The Inventive World of Japan’s Juke and Footwork Scene”, in Bandcamp Daily

verb

1. to play dance music, or to dance, in a juke
   ‘Let's jouk’ is an invitation to dance, but ‘Let's go joukin’’ is a request for a date. 1941 December, Arthur K. Moore, “Jouk”, in American Speech, page 319
   I want you to go juking with me... that's riding and stopping to drink and dance 1958, Tennessee Williams, Orpheus Descending, New York: New Directions, →OCLC

Etymology 2

From Jamaican Creole jook.

verb

1. to hit
2. to stab
   "None of the Latinos liked him." "So now he's dead." "So go talk to the other ten thousand people could've juked him." 1992, Ed McBain, Kiss
   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." 9 February 2007, “Teenager filmed by friend as he stabbed 16-year-old student to death”, in Mail Online
   He 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. 2012, Russell Banks, Book of Jamaica
3. to thrust with the pelvis, in particular for sexual intercourse
   Got a ratchet lil bitch and she from Inglewood I'm moving around, I do nothing but jugg I'm fucking these ho like a young nigga should And you'd do the same if you young niggas could 2018, “Musty” (track 13), in Ohgeesy (lyrics), Shoreline Mafia (music), ShorelineDoThatShit (Rerelease)
   Still pushing Zs and I don’t mean freezing I am still jugging The stripper so hugging The girl still super-bad, missed them a loving 01-04-2022, “Still”, YR (lyrics), P110, 0:49

Etymology 3

From Middle English jowken (“bend”).

verb

1. (intransitive) 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. January 5 2009, Pat Borzi, “Eagles Elude Vikings, but Giants Stand in the Way”, in New York Times
   Just before the Hongqi closed to within range of its proximity fuse, Vandal juked hard left and kicked in his afterburners. The first missile sped by without detonating. Vandal juked hard left again, completing a 180-degree turn. 2015, Rick Campbell, Empire Rising
2. (transitive) To deceive or outmaneuver, using a feint.
   The runner juked Connor, the runner juked Smith, and Severin centered on him; he was five yards out, he screamed, he was a yard out, he screamed, he hit the kid so hard that both of their helmets flew off their heads. 2008, Anthony Swofford, Exit A
   He juked Judd out of his shoes, reversed his field, juked Tony, juked Nick, and pretty much juked the entire Bobcats kickoff team on the way to a seventy-two yard return for a touchdown. 2015, Peter Guy George, The Tony Crowne Mysteries Box Set: Books 1-3
3. (intransitive) To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
   The Money-Merchant, I warrant ye, was ſo Proud of his Truſt, and of his Bell, that he went Juking and Toſſing of his Head, and Tabring with his Feet all the way, as if no Ground would hold him. 1692, Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and other eminent mythologists with morals and reflexions, London: R. Sare [et alia], →OCLC, Two Laden Asses
4. (transitive) To manipulate deceptively.
   The pilot instinctively juked the nimble chopper, but with so many bullets in the air, and so many of them spreading far from their intended target, it was impossible to evade them all. 2010, Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, The Silent Sea
   Veteran pilots “juked” their bombers to throw off the gunners' aim. 2012, Dennis E. Showalter, Harold C. Deutsch, If the Allies Had Fallen: Sixty Alternate Scenarios of World War II, page 84
   As Roland “Prez” Pryzbylewski knows, there's another problem with treating good stats as good work: They can be juked. “All this so we score higher on the state tests? If we're teaching the kids the test questions, what is assessing in them?" 2013, David Bzdak, Joanna Crosby, Seth Vannatta, The Wire and Philosophy: This America, Man, page 75
   Schools are ever more adept at juking their admissions stats, using aggressive marketing practices to gin up larger and larger numbers of applicants, many of whom they know they'll never admit (the so-called “attract to reject” strategy) 2014, William Deresiewicz, Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life, page 35

noun

1. (sports) A feint.
2. The neck of a bird.