1.
[syn: honkytonk, dive]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
honkytonk
n 1: a cheap disreputable nightclub or dance hall [syn:
honkytonk, dive]