jukebox

noun

juke·​box ˈjük-ˌbäks 

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

Cable TV … is now bringing you an all-music-video network that is the TV equivalent of a barroom jukebox.

—Peter Ainslie

broadly : any automatic music player that plays selections from a publicly available list

Examples of jukebox in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Chanda clung to copies of Melody Maker and scribbled down lyrics from his idols like the Rolling Stones, James Brown, Grand Funk Railroad and Black Sabbath, who pumped out of jukeboxes and radio stations. —Tracy Kawalik, SPIN, 5 Mar. 2024

The tabletop jukebox used in the scene is unfortunately not included. —Tatiana Tenreyro, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Mar. 2024

Here the sounds of Bobby Womack, B.B. King, or Chuck Berry play from a jukebox while a bartender pours liquor into a plastic cup or rocks glass with abandon. —Korsha Wilson, Bon Appétit, 11 Mar. 2024

The space was roomy and almost empty, a thick carpet absorbing some of the music from a jukebox. —Simon Parkin, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2024

The jukebox on the table is not included in the sale. —Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2024

Gracie's Tax Bar: This former tax office is now a bar with a jukebox and board games that serves up finger foods and sandwiches. —The Arizona Republic, 1 Mar. 2024

The crowd on a Saturday night is a mixture of friends, a smattering of solo drinkers and a young couple on a date, mulling whether to head to the jukebox or dartboard. —Charlotte Lytton, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2024

Club titan Grace Jones, dancehall legend Sister Nancy, and fellow thespian Nia Jones make cameos, while the music shape-shifts through reggae, amapiano, and the sorts of rhythms that dominated jukeboxes in the early rock era. —Jason Lamphier, EW.com, 13 Dec. 2023

Word History

Etymology

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, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing jukebox

• jukebox musical

Kids Definition

jukebox

noun

juke·​box ˈjük-ˌbäks 

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