juice
[joos]
- 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.
- the liquid part or contents of plant or animal substance.
- the natural fluids of an animal body: gastric juices.
- essence, strength, or vitality: He's still full of the juice of life.
- any extracted liquid.
- Slang.
- electricity or electric power.
- gasoline, fuel oil, etc., used to run an engine.
- Slang. alcoholic liquor.
- Slang.
- money obtained by extortion.
- money loaned at excessive and usually illegal interest rates.
- the interest rate itself.
- Slang.
- influence in the right or convenient place, especially as exerted for selfish or illegal gain.
- gossip or scandal.
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- to extract juice from.
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- Slang. to drink alcohol heavily: to go out juicing on Saturday night.
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- juice up,
- to add more power, energy, or speed to; accelerate.
- to make exciting or spectacular: They juiced up the movie by adding some battle scenes.
- to strengthen; increase the effectiveness of: to juice up the nation's economy.
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- stew in one's own juice. stew1(def 10).
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Origin of juice
1250–1300; Middle English ju(i)s < Old French jus < Latin jūs broth, soup, sauce, juice
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Contemporary Examples
Understanding my own dreams had a lot to do with getting me off the juice.
While juice cleanses and weight loss colonics seem like relatively recent inventions, they have a long history.
They were fed with good food and juice and given classes on Islam each day.
Potemkin distillers are going to have all the juice they need for years to come.
If you plan to take in vapor in such amounts, you have to get juice with a low nicotine content to avoid poisoning yourself.
Historical Examples
Pour this into the liquid and add the sugar and the juice of the lemon.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 4Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
Cool and then add the sirup to the cider and the juice of the lemons.
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If the juice is boiled too long, the jelly will be darker than it should be.
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Season with salt, pepper, and the juice of the lemon or the vinegar.
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The juice from canned raspberries may be used for this drink.
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juice
- any liquid that occurs naturally in or is secreted by plant or animal tissuethe juice of an orange; digestive juices
- informal
- fuel for an engine, esp petrol
- electricity
- alcoholic drink
- vigour or vitality
- essence or fundamental nature
- stew in one's own juice See stew 1 (def. 10)
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- to extract juice from (fruits or vegetables) in order to drink
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Word Origin
C13: from Old French jus, from Latin
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Word Origin and History for juice
n.
c.1300, "liquid extract obtained by boiling herbs," from Old French jus "juice, sap, liquid" (13c.), from Latin ius "broth, sauce, juice," from PIE root *yeue- "to blend, mix food" (cf. Sanskrit yus- "broth," Greek zyme "a leaven," Old Church Slavonic jucha "broth, soup," Lithuanian juse "fish soup"). Meaning "liquor" is from 1828; that of "electricity" is first recorded 1896.
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v.
1630s, "to suffuse with juice," from juice (n.). Meaning "to enliven" attested by 1964; juiced "drunk" attested by 1946; in reference to steroids, by 2003. Related: Juiced; juicing.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
juice
(jōōs)- A fluid naturally contained in plant or animal tissue.
- A bodily secretion, especially that secreted by the glands of the stomach and intestines.
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Idioms and Phrases with juice
juice
In addition to the idiom beginning with juice
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