juice

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noun

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.
- drugs, especially anabolic steroids.
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.

verb (used with object),juiced, juic·ing.

to extract juice from.

verb (used without object),juiced, juic·ing.

Slang.
- to drink alcohol heavily (usually followed by up): to go out juicing on Saturday night.
- to take anabolic steroids or other drugs to improve one’s performance in a sport (usually followed by up).

Verb Phrases

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.

Idioms about juice

stew in one's own juice. stew¹ (def. 10).

Origin of juice

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English ju(i)s, from Old French jus, from Latin jūs “broth, soup, sauce, juice”

Other words from juice

juice·less, adjective

Words Nearby juice

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How to use juice in a sentence

Add a little mint and lime juice, and it’s straight-up ecstasy in a bowl.
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The Sense promises up to six days of juice before it needs to spend some time on the charger.
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While web users are redirected to your website, the domain that offers you the link simultaneously informs Google to not send any “link juice” your way.
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If search engines do not seem to regard your brand as an expert in a specific region, your local SEO juice is not so strong.
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Understanding my own dreams had a lot to do with getting me off the juice.
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While juice cleanses and weight loss colonics seem like relatively recent inventions, they have a long history.
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Preheat the oven to 450°F. Soak the cranberries in ¾ cup cranberry juice for 15 minutes.
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Once hot, add the shallots, apples, cranberries, and remaining cranberry juice to the pan.
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I learn by the third day to tell the nurse privately to make mine mostly orange juice.
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An old weather-beaten bear-hunter stepped forward, squirting out his tobacco juice with all imaginable deliberation.
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The acid is extracted from the juice of the citron, the lime, and the lemon, fruits grown in Sicily and the West Indies.
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It was steaming in the red juice, with the least suspicion of melted butter over the whole.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler Warner
The red ones were huge, bursting with juice, and the trees were laden full with the luscious fruit.
The Box-Car Children | Gertrude Chandler Warner
As she sat by, crushing the juice from the berries with a stick, Jess planned the ink pad.
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British Dictionary definitions for juice

juice

/ (dʒuːs) /

noun

any liquid that occurs naturally in or is secreted by plant or animal tissue: the 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)

verb

to extract juice from (fruits or vegetables) in order to drink

Origin of juice

C13: from Old French jus, from Latin

Derived forms of juice

juiceless, adjective

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Other Idioms and Phrases with juice

juice

In addition to the idiom beginning with juice

juice up

also see:

stew in one's own juice

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