as in to evade
to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement
juked defenders with a series of spin moves and picked up 15 yards on the running play
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Recent Examples of juke
The trailer showed the video game version of the NFL’s reigning Offensive Player of the Year receiving the ball, juking around Curl and leaving the defender in the dust.
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2025
The first-round corner also volunteered that he’d been juked by Harvey.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 10 May 2025
The Buffs star, left on an island with a wave of white jerseys closing in, juked four pass-rushers in the backfield, cut back to his left and shifted gears.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
During the second quarter of the Eagles' 28-23 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, Barkley caught a pass from quarterback Jalen Hurts, juked around one Jaguars' defender and spun away from another.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 8 June 2025
The first-round corner also volunteered that he’d been juked by Harvey.
—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 10 May 2025
The Buffs star, left on an island with a wave of white jerseys closing in, juked four pass-rushers in the backfield, cut back to his left and shifted gears.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
During the second quarter of the Eagles' 28-23 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars, Barkley caught a pass from quarterback Jalen Hurts, juked around one Jaguars' defender and spun away from another.
—Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Rather than provide food or temporary shelter for such workers in the colder months, municipalities would round them up and remove them, to save money and evade any responsibility to aid them.—
Time,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
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In Milwaukee, Kellner said that around 33% of bus riders have evaded paying fares in 2025 but that the agency has identified a few cost-neutral strategies targeted at reducing fare evasion down to 30% by September 2026, the same rate of evasion busses saw in 2024.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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The companies showing off their cases with a lighter white or silvery iPhone 17 Pro in product shots mostly dodged any embarrassment, as those are harder to distinguish from Apple’s actual silver color.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
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The primary backup appears to have dodged a bullet.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Juke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juke. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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