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Duke vs Juke - What's the difference?

duke | juke |

As nouns the difference between duke and juke

is that duke is the male ruler of a duchy (compare duchess) while juke is a roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.

As verbs the difference between duke and juke

is that duke is to hit or beat with the fists while juke is to play dance music, or to dance, in a juke.

As a proper noun Duke

is the title of a duke.

duke

English

(wikipedia duke)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The male ruler of a duchy (compare duchess ).
  • A high title of nobility; the male holder of a dukedom.
  • A grand duke.
  • (slang, usually in plural) A fist.
    • Put up your dukes !
    This is thought to be derived from where Duke(s) of York = Fork. Fork is itself cockney slang for hand, and thus fist.

    Hypernyms

    * nobility

    Coordinate terms

    * prince, monarch, baron, count, countess, earl, marquess, marquis, viscount

    Derived terms

    * archduke * duke it out * dukedom * grand duke * put up one's dukes

    Related terms

    * ducal * duchess * duchy

    Verb

    (duk)
  • To hit or beat with the fists.
  • * {{quote-book, 2003, John A. Dinan, Private Eyes in the Comics, isbn=159393002X, pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=7vvAzXjtBAcC&pg=PA65, page=65
    • , passage=It seems that PI Rainer was duked by his wife

    Derived terms

    * duke it out * duke it * duke out * duke up * duke in ----

    juke

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) juke, jook, ).(Lorenzo Dow Turner), “West African Survivals in the Vocabulary of Gullah” (Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Modern Language Association, 1938)Will McGuire, “Dzug, Dzog, Dzugu, Jook, Juke”, Time, vol. 35, no. 5 (1940), p. 12

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (southern US) A roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution.
    • Synonyms
    * barrelhouse * juke joint
    See also
    * (l)

    Verb

    (juk)
  • to play dance music, or to dance, in a juke

    • Derived terms

    *jukebox *juke joint

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl)

    Verb

    (juk)
  • To deceive or outmaneuver (someone) using a feint, especially in American football or soccer
  • *{{quote-news, 2009, January 5, Pat Borzi, Eagles Elude Vikings, but Giants Stand in the Way, New York Times citation
    • , passage=Turning the Vikings'¯ blitz against them, Westbrook took a screen pass from Donovan McNabb , then juked and scooted 71 yards for a touchdown. }}
  • To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head.
  • * L'Estrange
    • The money merchant was so proud of his trust that he went juking and tossing of his head.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A feint.
  • The neck of a bird.

    • Etymology 3

    Verb

    (juk)
  • (prison slang) To stab.
  • * 1992 , Ed McBain, Kiss
    • "None'' of the Latinos liked him."
    "So now he's dead."
    "So go talk to the ''other     ten thousand people could've juked him."
  • * 2007 , Teenager filmed by friend as he stabbed 16-year-old student to death'' (in ''Mail Online , 9 February 2007) [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-435076/Teenager-filmed-friend-stabbed-16-year-old-student-death.html]
    • On the internet that night Asghar told a friend: "I'll bang him and then f*** it man, might as well juke [stab] him up tomorrow."
  • * 2012 , Russell Banks, Book of Jamaica
    • He beat me up a couple of times, and I got scared, so one night when he started up again, I just juked him. Three times in the chest, and it still didn't kill him! But I had to go to jail for a whole year.

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