First Known Use: 1939
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jukebox
noun juke·box \ˈjük-ˌbäks\
: a machine that plays music when money is put into it
Full Definition of JUKEBOX
: a coin-operated phonograph or compact-disc player that automatically plays recordings selected from its list
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Origin of JUKEBOX
from dialect jukehouse brothel, from juke to have sexual intercourse with, of Atlantic Creole origin; akin to Jamaican English juk to poke, stab, Krio chuk
Rhymes with JUKEBOX
aurochs, bandbox, black box, boom box, boondocks, Botox, call box, cowpox, detox, dough box, firebox, Fort Knox, gearbox, glove box, gravlax, gray fox, hatbox, hotbox, icebox, in-box, jewel box, kit fox, live-box, lockbox, mailbox, matchbox, musk ox, out-box, outfox, pillbox, poor box, postbox, press box, red fox, redox, saltbox, sandbox, saucebox, skybox, smallpox, snuffbox, soapbox, sound box, squawk box, strongbox, sweatbox, swell box, swift fox, toolbox, unbox, voice box, volvox, workbox, Xerox
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