juke
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9.5
- noun
- /dʒuːk/
- Jargon
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finta
- 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
12
4.6
A quick move that tricks an opponent in sport
6
9.3
A sudden quick change of direction to avoid something
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9.2
A trick move in sports to fool an opponent, often in ice hockey
Compounds
- Informal
4
9.5
A small informal place in the southern United States where people eat, drink, and dance to blues from a jukebox
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.