juicy

[joo-see]

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adjective, juic·i·er, juic·i·est.

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.

Origin of juicy

1400–50; late Middle English j(o)usy full of liquor. See juice, -y¹

Related formsjuic·i·ly, adverbjuic·i·ness, nounun·juic·i·ly, adverbun·juic·y, adjective

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3. racy, risqué, titillating, sensational, lurid.

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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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Kevin Fallon
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.
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H.L. Mencken
October 4, 2014
You were really the first person to give him a juicy leading role, in Chasing Amy.
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Marlow Stern
September 9, 2014
Gillian Flynn, the bestselling suspense writer of Gone Girl, has also spun out a juicy thriller.
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William O’Connor
June 17, 2014
Anything involving that obscene level of cash will definitely have juicy stories behind it.
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June 9, 2014

Historical Examples

Take the ripest and most juicy free-stone peaches you can procure.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches
Eliza Leslie
It was agreeable, too—it really was—to see him cut it off, so smooth and juicy.
Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit
Charles 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 Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches,
Mary Eaton
The flesh is tender and juicy with a rich, sweet, vinous flavor.
Manual of American Grape-Growing
U. P. Hedrick
The pulp is sweet and juicy but is lacking in sprightliness.
Manual of American Grape-Growing
U. P. Hedrick

British Dictionary definitions for juicy

juicy

adjective juicier or juiciest

full of juice
provocatively interesting; spicyjuicy gossip
slang voluptuous or seductiveshe's a juicy bit
mainly US and Canadian profitablea juicy contract

Derived Formsjuicily, adverbjuiciness, noun

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Word Origin and History for juicy

adj.

early 15c., from juice (n.) + -y (2). Figurative sense "weathly, full of some desired quality" is from 1620s; sense of "lively, suggestive, sensational" is from 1883. Related: Juiciness.

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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.

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.

Gillian Flynn, the bestselling suspense writer of Gone Girl, has also spun out a juicy thriller.

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.

It was agreeable, too—it really was—to see him cut it off, so smooth and juicy.

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.

The pulp is sweet and juicy but is lacking in sprightliness.

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Word Origin and History for juicy

adj.

Origin of juicy