| 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. ] |
