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

This time, there’s no livestock, only a broken jukebox and an out-of-tune piano in an old guesthouse in the north of England — a place called Seaview where there is no sea view. —Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024

The set recreated everything from the show, including the sports pennants on the wall, the red leather booths, a pinball machine and even a vintage Hi-Fidelity jukebox. —Colson Thayer, Peoplemag, 16 Sep. 2024

Also in attendance was Lavender Menace protester Martha Shelley, now 80 years old, who danced to the jukebox. —Jillian Eugenios, NBC News, 31 Oct. 2024

Founded in 1949 as part of Nashville's Bullet Records, the original pressing plant transitioned to Southern Plastics Inc. in the 1950s, focusing on 7-inch singles for jukeboxes. —Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024

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

Kids Definition

jukebox

noun

juke·​box ˈjük-ˌbäks 

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