HONKY-TONK


Meaning of HONKY-TONK in English

I. honky-tonk 1 /ˈhɒŋki tɒŋk $ ˈhɑːŋki tɑːŋk, ˈhɒːŋki tɒːŋk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] American English

[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: Probably from the sound of the music ]

a cheap bar where ↑ country music is played

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THESAURUS

▪ bar a place where people go to buy and drink alcoholic drinks:

A man went into a bar and ordered a drink.

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Let’s meet up in the hotel bar.

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The city centre is full of wine bars and restaurants.

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The club has a restaurant and a cocktail bar.

▪ pub a building in Britain where alcohol can be bought and drunk, and where meals are often served:

Do you fancy going to the pub?

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a country pub

▪ public house British English formal a pub:

The fight took place outside a public house in the city centre.

▪ sb’s local informal a pub near where you live, especially one you often go to:

The Red Lion’s my local.

▪ inn a small hotel or pub, especially an old one in the countryside – often used in the name of the hotel or pub:

The Bull Inn dates back to the 15th century.

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The hotel was once a 17th century coaching inn (=used by people travelling by coach and horses) .

▪ gastropub a pub that is known to serve very good food:

a gastropub with a riverside restaurant

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the Windmill Gastropub

▪ tavern British English a pub in the past where you could also stay the night – used nowadays in the names of some pubs:

the Turf Tavern

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Marlowe was killed in a fight in a tavern.

▪ watering hole informal a bar, pub etc where people drink alcohol – often used humorously. A watering hole is also the name for a place where wild animals go to drink:

The bar became a popular watering hole for journalists.

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What’s your favorite watering hole?

▪ dive informal a bar, club etc that is cheap and dirty:

The place is a bit of dive.

▪ honky-tonk American English informal a cheap bar where country music is played:

They played in every honky-tonk in Tennessee.

▪ saloon a bar in the western United States. Also used in Britain about the part of a pub which has comfortable chairs where you can sit and relax:

I felt like a cowboy walking into a saloon in the Wild West.

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Do you want to stay in the saloon, or would rather go into the other bar?

II. honky-tonk 2 BrE AmE adjective

honky-tonk music/piano a type of piano music that is played in a loud cheerful way

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.