juked; juking
: to fake out of position (as in football)
: to juke someone
Examples of juke in a Sentence
He juked a couple of defenders and scored.
She juked and weaved around the defense.
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That decision seems dubious, because Trader made one of the most damaging defensive plays of the game when he was juked out by Ladd McConkey on a play in which the Chargers receiver caught a 3-yard pass and ran another 40 to set up the game-winning field goal.
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
Who would have expected that Dart, a shifty runner who’d totaled 109 yards rushing in two prior starts, would juke out All-Pro linebacker Zack Baun for a 20-yard touchdown on the opening drive?
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Upon receiving the handoff, Pacheco hesitated for a beat before faking left, juking right and breaking a tackle on the way to his longest rush of the season — a 16-yard gain on a drive that ended in a Kansas City touchdown.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
The way to make the pudding conform to U.S.D.A. rules, Sterling realized, was to add a teaspoon of sugar, in order to dilute the over-all proportion of saturated fat—to juke the healthy-eating stats by making the item less healthy.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
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Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
Who would have expected that Dart, a shifty runner who’d totaled 109 yards rushing in two prior starts, would juke out All-Pro linebacker Zack Baun for a 20-yard touchdown on the opening drive?
—Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
Upon receiving the handoff, Pacheco hesitated for a beat before faking left, juking right and breaking a tackle on the way to his longest rush of the season — a 16-yard gain on a drive that ended in a Kansas City touchdown.
—Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 9 Oct. 2025
The way to make the pudding conform to U.S.D.A. rules, Sterling realized, was to add a teaspoon of sugar, in order to dilute the over-all proportion of saturated fat—to juke the healthy-eating stats by making the item less healthy.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Juke.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/juke. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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