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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

honky-tonk

· IPA /ˈhɒŋkiˌtɒŋk/
01 n. a cheap drinking and dancing establishment; a cheap and tawdry nightclub.
  1. 1.
    a cheap drinking and dancing establishment; a cheap and tawdry nightclub.
  2. 2.
    A district in which honky-tonks{1} are found.
Syn. barrelhouse.
02 a. Pertaining to or resembling a honky-tonk.
  1. 1.
    Pertaining to or resembling a honky-tonk.
  2. 2.
    Pertaining to a style of ragtime piano music having a melody embellished with chords and syncopated rhythms, accompanied by a bass in strict two-four or four-four time. It is often played on an upright piano having its strings muffled to produce a tinny sound; as, a honky-tonk piano.(Music)