jukebox
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4.7
- noun
- /ˈdʒuːkˌboʊks/
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jukebox
- He slipped a coin into the jukebox, eager to hear his chosen song fill the room.
Examples
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The sock-hop experience included a video highlighting 20th-century youth music, costumes, a jukebox, and even Coke floats.
Academic text (2013) -
On Thursday evenings, pop tunes vibrated from the jukebox during mat (for matinee) dances.
Academic text (2007) -
l actually remember the song playing on the jukebox... the night that we met.
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"Go see if you can find a Christmas song on the jukebox," I told the children.
Fiction book (1995) -
Would you like a quarter for the jukebox?
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If we're going to use this song the jukebox just played, we'd better get moving.
Fiction book (1995) -
Eugene bent over the jukebox and ran his index finger down the song list.
Fiction book (1990) -
There was a jukebox, a genuine one, with colored water bubbling along the sides.
Fiction book (1994) -
Behind them, she heard the jukebox start to belt out a polka version of "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"
Fiction book (1995) -
Our diner booths will be equipped with stationary iPads, similar to that jukebox feel of the good old days.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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A machine that plays records when you put in a coin
How Old-Fashioned
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word jukebox comes from juke, an old African American word meaning 'to dance' or 'be lively', and box, meaning a small container or machine. So a jukebox is like a 'dance box': you put a coin in it and it plays songs people choose to dance to.