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juke⋅box

[jook-boks]
–noun
a coin-operated phonograph, typically in a gaudy, illuminated cabinet, having a variety of records that can be selected by push button.
Also called juke.


Origin:
1915–20; juke ( joint ) + box 1
juke·box   (jōōk'bŏks')   
n.  A money-operated phonograph or compact disk player, equipped with pushbuttons for the selection of particular recordings. See Regional Note at juke1.

jukebox 
1937, from jook joint (1935), Black English slang, from juke, joog "wicked, disorderly," in Gullah (the creolized English of the coastlands of S.C., Ga., and northern Fla.), from Wolof and Bambara dzug "unsavory."
Language Translation for : jukebox
Spanish: máquina de discos,
German: die Jukebox,
Japanese: ジュークボックス

jukebox hardware, storage
A hardware mechanism for allowing access to one of a group of discs, especially CD-ROMs or other optical media.
[Or magnetic tapes?]
(1996-12-10)

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