What is the "juke" in jukebox?

Answer 1

Juke:
1. A roadside or rural establishment offering liquor, dancing, and often gambling and prostitution. Also called juke house, juke joint.

2. One such word is juke, "bad, wicked, disorderly," the probable source of the English word juke. Used originally in Florida and then chiefly in the Southeastern states, juke (also appearing in the compound juke joint) was an African-American word meaning a roadside drinking establishment that offers cheap drinks, food, and music for dancing and often doubles as a brothel. "To juke" is to dance, particularly at a juke joint or to the music of a jukebox whose name, no longer regional and having lost the connotation of sleaziness, contains the same word.

Answer 2

The term "juke box" came into use in the United States in the 1930s, either derived from African-American slang "jook" meaning "dance", or being a name given to it by critics who said it would encourage criminal behavior, this came from the fake family name Juke.

Answer 3

The term "juke box" came into use in the United States in the 1930s, either derived from African-American slang "jook" meaning "dance", or being a name given to it by critics who said it would encourage criminal behavior, this came from the fake family name Juke

Answer 4

The word 'juke' is actually the first half of the word 'jukebox'.






Yep.

Answer 5

juke1 also jook (jk, jk) Pronunciation Key Southeastern U.S.
n. A roadside or rural establishment offering liquor, dancing, and often gambling and prostitution

Answer 6

Is a misspelling, it was supposed to be Dukebox but the printers got it wrong.

Answer 7

it's like the funk/disco of the 70's.Don't think to hard about it..it's not worth it.

Answer 8

he did you know him yeah thats the bloke

Answer 9

its slang for music

Answer 10

that's a good question i never thought about it...