juice
//d͡ʒuːs//
Forms
- Plural
- juices
- present (v1)
- juice
- past (v2)
- juiced
- past participle (v3)
- juiced
- present participle
- juicing
- 3rd person singular
- juices
Definitions
1.A liquid made from plant, especially fruit.
- Squeeze the orange and some juice will come out.
2.Any source or enabler of significant positive effects.(slang)
- And privately the president says, “Do the Iraqis have the juice to carry this off?”
- I stopped by CeCe's setup […] to see if she would tell me the juice on this thing with her and Marco.
- This chance manner of her laying herself fallow gives her an opportunity of recovering her juices, or strength, to enable her to breed a stronger foal.
3.A beverage made of juice.
- I’d like two orange juices please.
- The bottled juice must be heated to a temperature and for a time sufficient to attain a sterilizing temperature at the coolest point, usually the center of the bottle.
4.Any liquid resembling juice.
- Tom poured some apple juice into a glass.
1.To energize or stimulate something.
- Having a beloved couple (Jim and Pam, Cory and Topanga) exchange vows was once a foolproof way to juice TV ratings.
2.To take a performance-enhancing drug.(slang)
- I followed the home run race between Sosa and McGuire, and any fool could see they were juicing.
3.To have sexual intercourse with.(slang)
4.To extract the juice from something.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2645
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *yéwHs
Latin iūs
Old French jusbor.
Middle English jus
English juice