honky-tonk

hon·ky-tonk  (hôngk-tôngk, hngk-tngk)

n.

A cheap, noisy bar or dance hall.

adj.

1. Of or relating to such a bar or dance hall; tawdry: a honky-tonk district; honky-tonk entertainers.

2. Of, relating to, or being a type of ragtime characteristically played on a tinny-sounding piano or in a honky-tonk.

intr.v. hon·ky-tonked, hon·ky-tonk·ing, hon·ky-tonks

To visit cheap, noisy bars or dance halls.

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[Perhaps from honk.]

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honky-tonk [ˈhɒŋkɪˌtɒŋk]

n

1. US and Canadian slang

a.  a cheap disreputable nightclub, bar, etc.

b.  (as modifier) a honky-tonk district

2. (Music) a style of ragtime piano-playing, esp on a tinny-sounding piano

3. (Music, other) a type of country music, usually performed by a small band with electric and steel guitars

4. (Music, other) (as modifier) honky-tonk music

[rhyming compound based on honk]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

honky-tonk - a cheap drinking and dancing establishment barrelhouse bar, barroom, ginmill, saloon, taproom - a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar"

Translations

honky-tonk [ˈhɒŋkɪˌtɒŋk] N

1. (US) (= club) → garito m

2. (Mus) → honky-tonk m

honky-tonk

n (US inf: = country-music bar) → Schuppen m (inf)

adj music, piano → schräg; honky-tonk bar → Schuppen m (inf)