as in to evade
to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement
juked defenders with a series of spin moves and picked up 15 yards on the running play
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Recent Examples of juke
Barkley caught a pass from quarterback Jalen Hurts, juked around one Jaguars defender and spun away from another.
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Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 6 Nov. 2024
Roland broke free before having to juke a defender with a stop and a spin, then beating the Nelson keeper from 12 yards away.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2025
Their best chance to tie came with four minutes left as Tim Holton juked a couple defenders and fired a shot at Donahue, who made the save.
—Marcello Rossetti, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce had to juke around a pretty important question regarding his love life during Super Bowl LIX’s opening night on Monday in New Orleans.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 4 Feb. 2025
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Ryan Canfield, Fox News, 6 Nov. 2024
Roland broke free before having to juke a defender with a stop and a spin, then beating the Nelson keeper from 12 yards away.
—Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2025
Their best chance to tie came with four minutes left as Tim Holton juked a couple defenders and fired a shot at Donahue, who made the save.
—Marcello Rossetti, Boston Herald, 16 Mar. 2025
Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce had to juke around a pretty important question regarding his love life during Super Bowl LIX’s opening night on Monday in New Orleans.
—Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 4 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for juke
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If your privacy practices have been less than perfect in the past—and whose have not, given the vanishingly tiny odds of evading every form of digital data collection—additional information about you from over the years is likely available from hundreds of data brokers.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
16 June 2025
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Hundreds of Iranian missiles rained down across Israel beginning Saturday night, some of them evading the country's sophisticated defense systems.—
Rebecca Rosman,
NPR,
15 June 2025
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The candidates often dodged direct answers to moderators’ questions and instead jostled with each other.—
Jared Gans,
The Hill,
5 June 2025
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Caucus leadership, which typically opts to remain neutral in committee races, has dodged questions on whether age should play a role in selecting the next Oversight ranking member.—
Rachel Schilke,
The Washington Examiner,
5 June 2025
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“Juke.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juke. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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