hon·ky-tonk 
(hôngkē-tôngk′, hŏngkē-tŏngk′)
(hôngkē-tôngk′, hŏngkē-tŏngk′)n.
A cheap, noisy bar or dance hall.
adj.
1. Of or relating to such a bar or dance hall; tawdry: a honky-tonk district; honky-tonk entertainers.
2. Of, relating to, or being a type of ragtime characteristically played on a tinny-sounding piano or in a honky-tonk.
intr.v. hon·ky-tonked, hon·ky-tonk·ing, hon·ky-tonks
To visit cheap, noisy bars or dance halls.
[Perhaps from HONK.]