jux
English
Etymology
From Jamaican Creole jooks.
Verb
jux (third-person singular simple present juxes, present participle juxing, simple past and past participle juxed)
- (New York, slang, transitive) To rob somebody of something.
- 2003, Curtis Jackson and Rob Tewlow (lyrics), Reef Tewlow (music), “What Up Gangsta”, in Get Rich or Die Tryin', New York City: Shady Records, performed by 50 Cent:
- Jux me, I'll have your mama picking out your casket, bastard.
- 2008, Richard Price, Lush Life, New York City: Farrar, Straus and Giroux:
- 'And jux everybody in sight,' Iacone murmured.
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Bouyei
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t͡ɕu˧˩/
Noun
jux
- storm