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Antonyms for jukes
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : jooks |
Phonetic Transcription : dʒuks |
Definition of jukes
Origin :- "roadhouse," 1935; see jukebox.
- As in sidestep : verb dodge
- As in outwit : verb deceive
- As in outsmart : verb outwit
- As in outthink : verb outwit
- As in dodge : verb avoid
- As in foil : verb circumvent, nip in the bud
- As in fool : verb trick, mislead
- A dull conviction seized upon Jukes that there was nothing to be done.
- Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad
- He leaned against the back of the wheelhouse, and Jukes walked up to him.
- Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad
- Jukes, straddling his long legs like a pair of compasses, put on an air of superiority.
- Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad
- At eight o'clock Jukes went into the chart-room to write up the ship's log.
- Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad
- At the sound of Jukes' voice he stood still, facing forward, but made no reply.
- Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad
- "You've said it," caught up the second mate, always with his back to Jukes.
- Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad
- "Jolly good thing she isn't," threw in Jukes, with bitter readiness.
- Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad
- Again he slapped his leg with the book; and Jukes opened his mouth, but said nothing.
- Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad
- I couldn't bring myself to do that if every word in there was gospel truth, Mr. Jukes.
- Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad
- And Jukes, silent, marvelled at this display of feeling and loquacity.
- Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad
Synonyms for jukes
- avoid
- baffle
- balk
- bamboozle
- beat
- bewilder
- bilk
- bluff
- bollix
- buffalo
- bypass
- cap
- cheat
- check
- checkmate
- chicane
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- con
- confuse
- counter
- crab
- cramp
- crimp
- curb
- dance around
- dark
- dash
- deceive
- defeat
- defraud
- delude
- diddle
- disappoint
- disconcert
- ditch
- dodge
- duck
- dupe
- elude
- end run
- equivocate
- escape
- evade
- fake out
- faze
- fence
- fend off
- figure out
- finagle
- flimflam
- foul up
- fox
- frustrate
- fudge
- get around
- get out of
- give the run-around
- give the slip
- go around
- goose
- gull
- gyp
- hang up
- have
- hedge
- hinder
- hoax
- hoodwink
- jip
- jive
- juke
- kid
- lead astray
- lead on
- lurch
- make believe
- malinger
- mislead
- move to the side
- nullify
- outdo
- outfox
- outgeneral
- outguess
- outjockey
- outmaneuver
- outsmart
- outthink
- outwit
- overreach
- parry
- play a trick on
- play-act
- pretend
- prevent
- pussyfoot
- put on
- put one over on
- put the move on
- rattle
- restrain
- run circles around
- run rings around
- scam
- shake
- shake off
- shift
- shirk
- short-circuit
- shuffle
- shuffle off
- sidestep
- skip
- skip out on
- skirt
- slide
- slip
- snow
- spoof
- stop
- stymie
- suck in
- swerve
- swindle
- take in
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- throw monkey wrench in
- thwart
- top
- trick
- trifle
- turn aside
- upset the apple cart
- weasel
- worst
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