Juke joint
（重定向自Jook joint）
![Exterior of a juke joint in Belle Glade, Florida, photographed by Marion Post Wolcott in 1944](/Images/godic/202501/21/FSA_JukeJoint4634.jpg")
![Dancing at a juke joint outside of Clarksdale, Mississippi, in 1939](/Images/godic/202501/21/FSA_Dancing_JukeJoint4634.jpg")
![Label of 78-rpm gramophone record of](/Images/godic/202501/21/VictorODJBLabel4634.jpg")
Juke joint (or jook joint) is the vernacular term for an informal establishment featuring music, dancing, gambling, and drinking, primarily operated by African American people in the southeastern United States. The term "juke" is believed to derive from the Gullah word joog, meaning rowdy or disorderly. A juke joint may also be called a "barrelhouse".