Meanings
plural juke joints · alternative jook joint
- slangAfrican-American VernacularAn informal drinking establishment featuring blues music and dancing; primarily operated by African Americans in the southeastern United States.
"She's black as tar... nappy-headed... She got legs like baseball bats. Her own daddy won't have nothing to do with her. She's no more than a jook-joint Jezebel. She ain't even clean."
1985, The Color Purple, 00:56:00Synonyms: chock-house, jook house, juke house
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn informal drinking establishment featuring blues music and dancing; primarily operated by African Americans in the southeastern United States.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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juke joint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/juke%20joint
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