'honky-tonk' definitions:
Definition of 'honky-tonk'
(from WordNet)
noun
A cheap drinking and dancing establishment [syn: barrelhouse, honky-tonk]
Definition of 'honky-tonk'
From: GCIDE
- honky-tonk \honky-tonk\ n.
- 1. a cheap drinking and dancing establishment; a cheap and tawdry nightclub.
- Syn: barrelhouse. [WordNet 1.5]
- 2. A district in which honky-tonks[1] are found. [PJC]
Definition of 'honky-tonk'
From: GCIDE
- honky-tonk \honky-tonk\ a. Pertaining to or resembling a honky-tonk. [PJC]
- 2. (Music) 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. --RHUD [PJC]