juice
Americannoun
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juices
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the natural fluid, fluid content, or liquid part that can be extracted from a plant or one of its parts, especially of a fruit.
orange juice.
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the liquid part or contents of plant or animal substance.
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the natural fluids of an animal body.
gastric juices.
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essence, strength, or vitality.
He's still full of the juice of life.
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any extracted liquid.
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Slang.
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electricity or electric power.
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gasoline, fuel oil, etc., used to run an engine.
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Slang.
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alcoholic liquor.
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drugs, especially anabolic steroids.
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Slang.
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money obtained by extortion.
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money loaned at excessive and usually illegal interest rates.
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the interest rate itself.
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Slang.
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influence in the right or convenient place, especially as exerted for selfish or illegal gain.
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gossip or scandal.
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verb (used with object)
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juices,
present (3rd person singular)
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juiced,
past participle, past
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juicing
present participle
verb (used without object)
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juices,
present (3rd person singular)
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juiced,
past participle, past
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juicing
present participle
verb phrase
idioms
noun
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any liquid that occurs naturally in or is secreted by plant or animal tissue
the juice of an orange
digestive juices
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informal
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fuel for an engine, esp petrol
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electricity
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alcoholic drink
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vigour or vitality
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essence or fundamental nature
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See stew 1
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Nouns
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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juicesimple
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juicessimple
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have juicedperfect
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has juicedperfect
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am juicingprogressive
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are juicingprogressive
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is juicingprogressive
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have been juicingperfect progressive
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has been juicingperfect progressive
Past
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juicedsimple
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had juicedperfect
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was juicingprogressive
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were juicingprogressive
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had been juicingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of juice
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English ju(i)s, from Old French jus, from Latin jūs “broth, soup, sauce, juice”
Explanation
Juice is a drink that's made from fruit, like orange juice or grape juice. Juice also refers to the liquid drippings of cooked meat and other food. Some people like apple juice, while others prefer tomato juice. A much less appetizing — but necessary — type of juice is the fluid in our bodies, like digestive juices that help break down food in your stomach. Informally, you might refer to your creative strength as juice, and also use the word to mean electrical energy: "The batteries in my flashlight are out of juice."
Example Sentences
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That has created internal pressure to find new ways to juice growth and change Netflix’s narrative with investors, according to people close to the company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
It’s for these reasons that tart cherry juice is thought to help reduce muscle damage and soreness.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 14, 2026
This debate didn’t help that cause, or juice the race.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026
Some rancid wine that tasted like "salty bin juice", according to comedian Joanne McNally, topped off possibly the most revolting task yet.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
My mom wipes away the mango juice from her chin and looks at me quizzically, or is it pityingly?
From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar
Fruit, juices, clothes, shoes, peanuts -- Lobe Sarr has turned her hand to various wares over the last 15 years, finally settling on a small street eatery in the Senegalese capital, Dakar.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
Think iced fruity drinks, protein shakes and so-called dirty sodas - a concoction of foam, syrups and juices.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
It fills me up, it makes me so happy, it’s such a good way to like get out my competitive juices, I guess.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Joshua Davis, a concierge stylist and PS member in Atlanta, appreciates the company’s small touches, like the refrigerator filled with bottled matcha, juices and water waiting just past security.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
After rinsing them of digestive juices, I ate them.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
The “Family Docudrama” series and much that followed read as something like autofiction, drawn from life but juiced up, rephrased, with gestures and incidents isolated and amplified.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
That has juiced investor interest in companies that help supply that power.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
While tariff refunds juiced profits, traffic and same-store sales — sales in a store open more than a year — were up during the period.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
As late as the 1800s, most commodities were cultivated: Cinnamon bark was peeled and rolled into quills, opium juiced from poppies, and tea leaves dried out in the sun.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
A half block from where she stood, she’d skinned her knee playing hopscotch while juiced up on iceys and sugar drinks.
From "Shadowshaper" by Daniel José Older
Traders piled into riskier corners of the markets, juicing gains in shares of chip makers, smaller companies and a range of economically sensitive businesses such as Norwegian Cruise Line and Olive Garden parent Darden Restaurants.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
Big banks have already been acquiescing to Musk’s unusual demands, including paying up front for Grok subscriptions, thus juicing SpaceX’s flagging A.I. revenue.
From Slate ● May 15, 2026
Building a new packinghouse was light work compared to building new juicing facilities.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
Economists hope some of this capital will go into research and development, juicing Germany’s productivity growth and seeding startups and new exports—just as U.S. government money helped to sow the seeds of Silicon Valley.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 20, 2025
Leo came out of his cabin then, and I asked him if he’d been eating oranges and juicing them and throwing the peels into the kennel; I knew better, but I asked anyway.
From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen
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