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

With that already as a given for many of us, Neville’s movie serves as a splendid jukebox, offering rapid-fire clips that bowl you over anew with just how rapidly McCartney’s own synapses were firing on ingenious hit after hit. —Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025

Their songs became the soundtrack to a turbulent era, echoing through war zones, protest rallies, juke joints and jukeboxes across the country. —Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025

The space is tidy and thematic, with a jukebox and black-and-white tile. —Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2025

TouchTunes has jukeboxes in more than 60,000 locations worldwide. —Kevin Rutherford, Billboard, 13 Aug. 2025

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

Rhymes for jukebox

• aftershocks
• chatterbox
• equinox
• goldilocks
• hollyhocks
• interlocks
• orthodox
• paradox
• tomahawks
• balks
• blocks
• blocs

Kids Definition

jukebox

noun

juke·​box ˈjük-ˌbäks 

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