juke
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9.5
- noun
- /dʒuːk/
- Jargon
- Cotter gives him a juke step that sends him nearly to his knees, and the hot dog eaters bend from the waist to watch the kid veer away in soft acceleration, showing the cop a little finger-wag bye-bye.
- juke move
Examples
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After we cringed and worried about him with every cut and juke during the first few weeks of the season, Peterson is a joy to watch again.
Blog text (21) -
The wide receiver used a quick juke to evade the defender and catch the pass.
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- He made a juke, and he ran around me.
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"Nice juke," he said, finding the beer without looking at either it or me.
Fiction book (2000) -
This year, our players were in the right spot and just simply missed the tackle because of a great juke move by such a big player.
Blog text (10) -
Yet another juke from the shifty Mike and Jay!
Blog text (32) -
Keenan took a quick, completely horizontal pass at the 18-yard line, put a massive juke on his defender, and stretched out to score Iowa's only offensive touchdown.
Blog text (31) -
His impressive juke left the opponent grasping at air as he sprinted by.
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With a sudden juke, the player dodged the linebacker and scored a touchdown.
Synonyms
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4.6
A quick move that tricks an opponent in sport
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9.2
A trick move in sports to fool an opponent, often in ice hockey
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9.3
A sudden quick change of direction to avoid something
Compounds
- Informal
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9.5
A small informal place in the southern United States where people eat, drink, and dance to blues from a jukebox
- Informal
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9.8
A small informal place where people eat, drink, and dance to jukebox music
How Deceptive
Surface Forms
Etymology
Juke (a deceptive move in football) comes from the same old Southern word often written jook meaning 'to move quickly' or 'dance', so a juke in football is like a quick fake step that fools a defender.