1. [N. Amer, informal] A cheap drinking and dancing establishment
   "They spent Saturday nights at the local honky-tonk";
   - barrelhouse [N. Amer]
    
2. A cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall
   "They spent the evening drinking in a seedy honky-tonk";
   - dive [informal]
    
3. [informal] A style of ragtime piano music or playing
   "The bar was filled with the sound of honky-tonk piano"

Derived forms: honky-tonks

Type of: bar, barroom [N. Amer], cabaret, cantina, club, ginmill [N. Amer, informal], lounge bar [Brit], night club, nightclub, nightspot, niterie [informal], nitery [informal], saloon, saloon bar [Brit], taproom

Encyclopedia: Honky-tonk