jukebox

juke·box

noun \ˈjük-ˌbäks\

Definition of JUKEBOX

: a coin-operated phonograph or compact-disc player that automatically plays recordings selected from its list

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

First Known Use: 1939

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