honky-tonk

honky-tonk

n.
  1. a cheap drinking and dancing establishment; a cheap and tawdry nightclub.
  2. A district in which honky-tonks{1} are found.

honky-tonk

a.
  1. Pertaining to or resembling a honky-tonk.
  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)