jukes

noun

1. the fictitious name of an actual family that was the focus of a 19th-century sociological study of the inheritance of feeble-mindedness and its correlation with social degeneracy.

verb (used with object), juked, juk·ing.

1. to make a move intended to deceive (an opponent).

noun

2. a fake or feint, usually intended to deceive a defensive player.

noun

1. jukebox.

n.

“roadhouse,” 1935; see jukebox.

v.

“to duck, dodge, feint,” by 1971, variant of jook (q.v.). Related: Juked; juking.