honkytonk
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9.8
- noun
- /ˈhɔŋkiˌtɔŋk/
- US
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bar de country
- After a long week, he enjoyed unwinding at the neighborhood honkytonk with friends.
Examples
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We could play in some honkytonks, maybe make some money... just to get ourselves to California.
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You have to promise me you won't go in that honkytonk, you hear? -
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Throw your arms around this honkytonk man
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Uncle Red was playing in honkytonks by the time he was my age.
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This whole honkytonk fairyland.
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Well, this whole little honkytonk was lifted up onto a flatbed truck and brought over and set down on a new slab right here in the trees at the edge of the Youth Center grounds.
Fiction book (1997) -
Just honkytonks and flophouses.
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"Owner Ron Reynolds believes the city is making up reasons to shut down his honkytonk and is using overly aggressive police patrols to do it," CBS DFW reports.
Blog text (13) -
On Friday nights, we love to dance at the local honkytonk and enjoy live country music.
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The honkytonk in town is famous for its lively atmosphere and great karaoke nights.
Synonyms
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5.8
A place where people drink alcohol and talk
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7.9
A cheap, shabby bar with low prices
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9.4
A cheap bar with country music where people dance
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9.9
A small roadside bar where people eat, drink, and dance to a jukebox
A cheap run-down bar where people drink and smoke
A small cheap bar where rough blues or jazz is played
A small lively place in the southern United States where people eat, drink, and dance to music
A small informal place where people eat, drink, and dance to jukebox music
Antonyms
How Cheap
Surface Forms
Etymology
Honkytonk probably comes from two parts, honky and tonk. One popular idea says tonk copies the 'tonk' sound of a cheap piano and honky was a word for ordinary people, so a honkytonk became a rough, cheap bar with country music and dancing.