jukebox
noun
juke·box
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Definition of jukebox
: 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
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There is also a full-sized jukebox in the living room. — Daily Pilot, "It’s now or never: Yorba Linda seniors will tie the knot at the 20th annual Elvis Festival," 16 Aug. 2019 The jukebox is gone, the condom machine has moved, walls were torn down to open the space and smoking is no longer allowed. — Caroline Glenn, orlandosentinel.com, "John Morgan rips remodeled Wally’s as ‘hipster bar’," 25 June 2019 The bio-musical becomes the latest of Broadway's many jukebox shows. — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, "Neil Diamond Bio-Musical Bound for Broadway," 1 July 2019 For those who packed themselves into the first few rows of the stage’s benches, Guided by Voices played classics from secret jukeboxes. — Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Summerfest 2019: The National, Tori Kelly and more of the best and worst from the side stages on Day 5," 1 July 2019 There were two bars and rooms for dancing to the jukebox. — Michael Wilson, New York Times, "The Night the Stonewall Inn Became a Proud Shrine," 27 June 2019 These bars often were run by the Mafia, which owned the cigarette machines and jukeboxes, and sold watered-down liquor. — Chad Painter, The Conversation, "How the New York media covered the Stonewall riots," 19 June 2019 An independent filmmaker like Ken Burns wants to see that his programs don’t just disappear into the Netflix jukebox but will be carefully protected and curated in communities. — Claire Zillman, Fortune, "We Can't Photoshop Our Way to Diversity: The Broadsheet," 13 June 2019 The pair ends up at a pub, where Corden serves as bartender and encourages patrons to use the jukebox. — Fox News, "James Corden tears up during Paul McCartney's Liverpool 'Carpool Karaoke' visit," 2 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'jukebox.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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jukebox
noun
English Language Learners Definition of jukebox
: a machine that plays music when money is put into it
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