jukebox
noun · verb
Simple meaning
A coin-operated machine that plays recorded music, with push-buttons to make selections.
Pronunciation
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IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈdʒukbɑks
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
A coin-operated machine that plays recorded music, with push-buttons to make selections.
computingby extension
A software application capable of replaying tracks from a digital music collection.
verb
To play and listen to music from a jukebox.
transitive
To play (music or digital content) on a jukebox
by extension
To play or repeat as if on a jukebox.
To format or set up for playing by a jukebox.
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: A coin-operated machine that plays recorded music, with push-buttons to make selections.
Used this way, jukebox is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. This is a musical use: it is everyday language among musicians and listeners, and specialised outside that.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Music/performance
- Arts writing
Nearby words
- nickelodeon , rarer, so it draws attention
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use jukebox
- “We put coins into the old jukebox to play our favorite songs.”noun
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Synonyms
Sense: coin-operated machine that plays recorded music
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