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honkytonk

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honk⋅y-tonk

[hong-kee-tongk, hawng-kee-tawngk]
–noun
1. a cheap, noisy, and garish nightclub or dance hall.
–adjective
2. Also, honk⋅y-tonk⋅y [hong-kee-tong-kee, hawng-kee-tawng-] . of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a honky-tonk: a honky-tonk atmosphere.
3. characterized by or having a large number of honky-tonks: the honky-tonk part of town.
4. Music. noting a style of ragtime piano-playing characterized by a strict two-four or four-four bass, either contrapuntal or chordal, and a melody embellished with chords and syncopated rhythms, typically performed on a piano whose strings have been muffled and given a tinny sound.
–verb (used without object)
5. to visit or frequent honky-tonks.

Origin:
1890–95, Americanism; rhyming compound based on honk


honky-tonker, noun
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