Juke | v. i. [ from Scottish jouk to bow. ] To bend the neck; to bow or duck the head. [ Written also jook and jouk. ] [ 1913 Webster ] The money merchant was so proud of his trust that he went juking and tossing of his head. L' Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Juke | n. The neck of a bird. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
Juke | v. i. [ F. juc a roost, perch, jucher to roost, to perch. ] To perch on anything, as birds do. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ] |
Jukebox | n. 1. A phonograph or compact disc player with multiple discs, requiring the insertion of coins prior to playing, and allowing the user to select the playing of any disc in its inventory. An early version was called the nickelodeon. [ PJC ] 2. (Computers) a data-storage device having multiple compact discs, of which only one may be on-line at any given time, which permits the user (through computer commands) to select on-line access to any disc from its inventory, in a manner reminiscent of a musical jukebox{ 1 }. [ PJC ] |
Jukes, The | def>A pseudonym used to designate the descendants of two sisters, the “Jukes” sisters, whose husbands were sons of a backwoodsman of Dutch descent. They lived in the State of New York, and their history was investigated by R. L. Dugdale as an example of the inheritance of criminal and immoral tendencies, disease, and pauperism. Sixty per cent of those traced showed, degeneracy, and they are estimated to have cost society $1, 308, 000 in 75 years. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ] |
受験 | [じゅけん, juken] (n, vs) taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance); (P) #4,842 [Add to Longdo] |
ジュークボックス | [ju-kubokkusu] (n) juke-box; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
軍需景気 | [ぐんじゅけいき, gunjukeiki] (n) war prosperity [Add to Longdo] |
受刑 | [じゅけい, jukei] (n, vs) punishment; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
受刑者 | [じゅけいしゃ, jukeisha] (n) prisoner; convict [Add to Longdo] |
受検 | [じゅけん, juken] (n, vs) being subjected to investigation [Add to Longdo] |
受験科目 | [じゅけんかもく, jukenkamoku] (n) subjects of the examination [Add to Longdo] |
受験参考書 | [じゅけんさんこうしょ, jukensankousho] (n) crambook [Add to Longdo] |
受験資格 | [じゅけんしかく, jukenshikaku] (n) qualifications of candidacy for an examination [Add to Longdo] |
受験者 | [じゅけんしゃ, jukensha] (n) examinee [Add to Longdo] |
受験生 | [じゅけんせい, jukensei] (n) student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker [Add to Longdo] |
受験戦争 | [じゅけんせんそう, jukensensou] (n) fiercely competitive entrance examinations [Add to Longdo] |
受験地獄 | [じゅけんじごく, jukenjigoku] (n) competitive university entrance examinations (lit [Add to Longdo] |
受験番号 | [じゅけんばんごう, jukenbangou] (n) examinee's (seat) number [Add to Longdo] |
受験票 | [じゅけんひょう, jukenhyou] (n) admission ticket for an examination [Add to Longdo] |
受験勉強 | [じゅけんべんきょう, jukenbenkyou] (n) studying for a test [Add to Longdo] |
受験料 | [じゅけんりょう, jukenryou] (n) examination fees [Add to Longdo] |
授権 | [じゅけん, juken] (n, vs) authorization; authorisation [Add to Longdo] |
樹形 | [じゅけい, jukei] (n) tree form; tree shape; shape of a tree [Add to Longdo] |
小綬鶏 | [こじゅけい;コジュケイ, kojukei ; kojukei] (n) (uk) Chinese bamboo partridge (Bambusicola thoracicus) [Add to Longdo] |
大学院受験 | [だいがくいんじゅけん, daigakuinjuken] (n) (See 大学院入学試験) (act of) taking a graduate school entrance examination [Add to Longdo] |
中学受験 | [ちゅうがくじゅけん, chuugakujuken] (n) taking a junior high-school entrance examination [Add to Longdo] |
特需景気 | [とくじゅけいき, tokujukeiki] (n) economic boom due to special procurements, esp. in wartime [Add to Longdo] |
併願受験 | [へいがんじゅけん, heiganjuken] (n) taking the extrance exams of multiple schools [Add to Longdo] |
面接受験者 | [めんせつじゅけんしゃ, mensetsujukensha] (n) interviewee [Add to Longdo] |
連珠形 | [れんじゅけい, renjukei] (n) { math } (See レムニスケート) lemniscate [Add to Longdo] |