juicy
Americanadjective
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full of juice; succulent.
a juicy pear.
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very profitable, appealing, interesting, satisfying, or substantive.
a juicy contract; a juicy part in a movie.
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very interesting or colorful, especially when slightly scandalous or improper.
a juicy bit of gossip.
- Synonyms:
- lurid, sensational, titillating, risqué, racy
adjective
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full of juice
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provocatively interesting; spicy
juicy gossip
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slang voluptuous or seductive
she's a juicy bit
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profitable
a juicy contract
Other Word Forms
- juicily adverb
- juiciness noun
- unjuicily adverb
- unjuicy adjective
Etymology
Origin of juicy
1400–50; late Middle English j ( o ) usy full of liquor. See juice, -y 1
Explanation
Something that's juicy is so moist that it's dripping with juice. There is nothing quite like eating a juicy, ripe peach in the summer. Perfect peaches and oranges and pears should be juicy when you bite into them. Aside from fruit, people also commonly describe meat as juicy. A story might be figuratively juicy too, if it's full of intriguing, gossipy details: "Did you read about that juicy scandal in the mayor's office?" Juicy comes from the Old French jus, "juice," with the Latin root ius, "broth, sauce, or juice."
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Now, some juicy deets: Nvidia paid the U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
He also likes healthcare, which benefits from the fact that many Big Pharma and biotech companies pay juicy dividends.
From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026
Will her ‘Wuthering Heights’ wind up being a juicy but familiar adaptation of the obsessive love affair between newlywed Cathy and her rich and cruel neighbor, Heathcliff?
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026
"We get some very juicy roundtables," she said.
From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025
I knew part of him wanted to hear this story for no other reason than the fact that it was juicy.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
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