Noun: juke joint
Usage: N. Amer
Usage: N. Amer
- A small roadside establishment in the southeastern United States where you can eat and drink and dance to music provided by a jukebox
"They spent the evening at a lively juke joint on the outskirts of town";
- juke [N. Amer, informal], jook [N. Amer], jook joint [N. Amer], juke house [N. Amer], jook house [N. Amer]
Derived forms: juke joints
Type of: joint [informal]
Encyclopedia: Juke joint