juicy
[joo-see]
- full of juice; succulent: a juicy pear.
- very profitable, appealing, interesting, satisfying, or substantive: a juicy contract; a juicy part in a movie.
- very interesting or colorful, especially when slightly scandalous or improper: a juicy bit of gossip.
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Origin of juicy
Synonyms
See more synonyms for juicy on Thesaurus.com3. racy, risqué, titillating, sensational, lurid.
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Examples from the Web for juicy
Contemporary Examples
You must have been pretty stoked when you found out that Cary would have such a big, juicy arc this season.
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October 27, 2014
All these debates and doings made for juicy news, and the men of the local staff, ably bossed by Callahan, poured it out daily.
You were really the first person to give him a juicy leading role, in Chasing Amy.
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September 9, 2014
Gillian Flynn, the bestselling suspense writer of Gone Girl, has also spun out a juicy thriller.
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June 17, 2014
Anything involving that obscene level of cash will definitely have juicy stories behind it.
Historical Examples
Take the ripest and most juicy free-stone peaches you can procure.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesEliza Leslie
It was agreeable, too—it really was—to see him cut it off, so smooth and juicy.
Life And Adventures Of Martin ChuzzlewitCharles Dickens
The whitest meat is not the most juicy, having been made so by frequent bleeding, and giving the calf some whiting to lick.
The flesh is tender and juicy with a rich, sweet, vinous flavor.
Manual of American Grape-GrowingU. P. Hedrick
The pulp is sweet and juicy but is lacking in sprightliness.
Manual of American Grape-GrowingU. P. Hedrick
juicy
- full of juice
- provocatively interesting; spicyjuicy gossip
- slang voluptuous or seductiveshe's a juicy bit
- mainly US and Canadian profitablea juicy contract
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Word Origin and History for juicy
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