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juke | false |

As a noun juke

is (southern us) a roadside cafe or bar, especially one with dancing and sometimes prostitution or juke can be a feint.

As a verb juke

is to play dance music, or to dance, in a juke or juke can be to deceive or outmaneuver (someone) using a feint, especially in american football or soccer or juke can be (prison slang) to stab.

As an adjective false is

(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.

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.

    References

    false

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
  • *{{quote-book, year=1551, year_published=1888
  • , title= A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society , section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}
  • Based on factually incorrect premises: false legislation
  • Spurious, artificial.
  • :
  • *
  • *:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
  • (lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
  • Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
  • :
  • Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
  • :
  • *(John Milton) (1608-1674)
  • *:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
  • Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
  • :
  • *(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
  • *:whose false foundation waves have swept away
  • Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
  • (lb) Out of tune.
  • Noun

    (en noun)
  • One of two options on a true-or-false test.
  • Synonyms

    * * See also

    Antonyms

    * (untrue) real, true

    Derived terms

    * false attack * false dawn * false friend * falsehood * falseness * falsify * falsity

    Adverb

    (en adverb)
  • Not truly; not honestly; falsely.
  • * Shakespeare
  • You play me false .

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