GL Dictionary · noun · صندوق الموسيقى الآلي · النسخة العربية

Jukebox

/ˈdʒuːkbɒks/

Jukebox (صندوق الموسيقى الآلي) — illustrated meaning of the English word Jukebox on GL Dictionary

Meaning of Jukebox

A coin-operated machine that plays chosen songs.

ما معنى كلمة Jukebox بالعربي؟

صندوق الموسيقى الآلي

🎵📻 صندوق الموسيقى الآلي؛ آلة موسيقية بالعملة؛ جهاز موسيقي آلي يشغل الأغاني مقابل وضع عملة معدنية، كان شائعاً في المطاعم والمقاهي قديماً 🎵🪙

قصة GL: صندوق الموسيقى الآلي الآلة الموسيقية بالعملة - الجهاز الموسيقي الآلي مثل صندوق الموسيقى الذي يشغل اللحن المطلوب، الدماغ البشري يشغل برامج التعلم المطلوبة عند تحفيزه بالطريقة الصحيحة 🎼

Synonyms & related words

music machinerecord playercoin-operated playermusic boxsong machinephonographplayback machinediner machine

Jukebox in a sentence

A jukebox was used to present song cues in the memory test.
Scientific/GL Research
A retro jukebox decorated the cafe launch.
Business/GL Innovation
Jukebox licensing requires performance rights.
Legal/GL Patent
Students read how a jukebox worked in the 1950s.
Educational/GL Training

Origin of Jukebox

From American English juke 'disorderly, rowdy' (of African American Gullah origin) + box.

In the Genetic Learning (GL) context

In Genetic Learning work led by Naif Talal Al-Essa, jukebox is a music machine. Music cues can aid memory in GL lessons.

Jukebox audio micro-course (transcript)

Three short podcasts about “Jukebox”. Listen with the interactive player.

Podcast 1 — Introduction & meaning

Narrator: Jukebox — a noun for a coin-operated or digital machine that plays selected songs from a catalogue, often in pubs.

Narrator: Say JOOK-boks, stress the first part. IPA: /ˈdʒuːkbɒks/. American English keeps the same shape; British pubs still say jukebox even when it is an app.

Narrator: From jook, a Southern US dance hall, plus box. Mechanical jukeboxes peaked mid-century; streaming apps revived the brand word.

Narrator: The image is neon, chrome, and choice — punch A4, hear the chorus. Metaphor: the cloud is our jukebox now.

Narrator: Register is nostalgic and social. It signals shared music culture, not studio equipment alone.

Narrator: It differs from playlist, which is just a list, and from sound system, which is hardware without the pick-a-song ritual.

Narrator: Pairs include jukebox musical, jukebox hero song title, digital jukebox — each keeps the self-service music idea.

Narrator: Hook: when the room votes with coins or taps for the next track, jukebox is the word on the glowing arch.

Read podcasts 2 and 3

Podcast 2 — In conversation

Speaker A: The pub installed a digital jukebox. Same as a playlist on a phone?

Speaker B: Public ritual — anyone can queue a track, often loud. Example: We spent an hour arguing over the jukebox at the reunion.

Speaker A: Jukebox musical — what is that?

Speaker B: A show built from existing hit songs, like a living jukebox of numbers stitched into a story.

Speaker A: Synonym — music player?

Speaker B: Player is generic. Jukebox implies catalogue plus crowd choice — the jukebox skipped my song twice.

Speaker A: Mistake?

Speaker B: Calling your private headphones a jukebox. You need a shared pick-and-play machine or app for the word to fit.

Podcast 3 — Prompt engineering

Speaker B: In prompts, jukebox scopes music UIs, queue systems, and venue apps. Six briefs:

Speaker A: Bar app UI?

Speaker B: First — queue panel:

Prompt: Design pub jukebox UI: search bar, queue side panel, neon purple theme. Show credits per song, jukebox now playing banner, fair queue rules text.

Speaker B: Second — tracks schema:

Prompt: Postgres jukebox_tracks: venue_id, title, artist, play_count. Index popular jukebox songs; jukebox_queue table with position and requester token.

Speaker A: HR party?

Speaker B: Third — event playlist:

Prompt: HR office party jukebox page: staff submit jukebox requests, moderator approves explicit filter. Export jukebox queue CSV after event.

Speaker B: Fourth — venue nav:

Prompt: Venue admin nav Jukebox: manage catalogue, set jukebox hours, breadcrumb Venue plus Jukebox. Toggle jukebox free play mode for happy hour.

Speaker A: Royalties?

Speaker B: Fifth — licensing ledger:

Prompt: Accounting jukebox royalty report: plays per song, PRO fee split, jukebox_revenue line monthly. Flag unlicensed jukebox uploads blocked.

Speaker A: Full app?

Speaker B: Sixth — MVP:

Prompt: Scaffold VenueJukebox MVP: QR join queue, vote skip, jukebox display mode for TV. Dark neon theme, one credit pack purchase flow.

Speaker B: Six prompts — UI, DB, HR, admin, royalties, app — jukebox names shared music.

Speaker A: Queue fairness matters.

Speaker B: Exactly — jukebox tells the model the social player.

Frequently asked questions about Jukebox

What does Jukebox mean?

A coin-operated machine that plays chosen songs.

ما معنى كلمة Jukebox بالعربي؟

صندوق الموسيقى الآلي — 🎵📻 صندوق الموسيقى الآلي؛ آلة موسيقية بالعملة؛ جهاز موسيقي آلي يشغل الأغاني مقابل وضع عملة معدنية، كان شائعاً في المطاعم والمقاهي قديماً 🎵🪙

How do you pronounce Jukebox?

Jukebox is pronounced /ˈdʒuːkbɒks/ and is used as a noun.

How is Jukebox used in a sentence?

A jukebox was used to present song cues in the memory test.

What are synonyms of Jukebox?

music machine, record player, coin-operated player, music box, song machine, phonograph.

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