jux

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Jamaican Creole jooks (a robbery), from Fula jukka (to poke).

Verb

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jux (third-person singular simple present juxes, present participle juxing, simple past and past participle juxed)

  1. (transitive, New York City, slang) To rob or mug (someone).
    • 2003, “What Up Gangsta”, in Curtis Jackson, Rob Tewlow (lyrics), Reef Tewlow (music), Get Rich or Die Tryin'[1], performed by 50 Cent, New York City: Shady Records:
      Jux me, I'll have your mama picking out your casket, bastard.
    • 2008, Richard Price, Lush Life[2], New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux:
      'And jux everybody in sight,' Iacone murmured.

Noun

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jux (plural juxes)

  1. (New York City, slang) A robbery or mugging.

Further reading

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Bouyei

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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jux

  1. storm