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juice

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noun/d͡ʒuːs//d͡ʒʉws//d͡ʒɪʊ̯s/
  1. 1

    A liquid made from plant, especially fruit.countableuncountableusually

    • Squeeze the orange and some juice will come out.
  2. 2

    A beverage made of juice.countableusually

    • I’d like two orange juices please.
  3. 3

    Any liquid resembling juice.; A soft drink.Scotlanduncountableusually

  4. 4

    Any liquid resembling juice.; Liquor.slanguncountableusually

  5. 5

    Any liquid resembling juice.; The liquid that is used to submerge a substance kept in a containerinformaluncountableusually

  6. 6

    Any liquid resembling juice.; The leftover liquid of some wet or damp substance.slanguncountableusually

  7. 7

    Any liquid resembling juice.; Bodily secretion, especially that secreted by the glands of the stomach and intestines.uncountableusually

  8. 8

    Any source or enabler of significant positive effects.; Vitality; strength.slanguncountableusually

    • 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.
    • And privately the president says, “Do the Iraqis have the juice to carry this off?”
  9. 9

    Any source or enabler of significant positive effects.; Political power.slanguncountableusually

    • CNBC's Matthews: "The power in the Republican party^([sic]) in terms of who's got the juice, who knows how to win elections, has clearly moved tonight ... from Capitol Hill, the Newt Gingrich crowd, to the governors' crowd" ("Hardball," CNB
  10. 10

    Any source or enabler of significant positive effects.; Petrol; gasoline.slanguncountableusually

    • 1973, Stephen Barlay, Double Cross: Encounters with Industrial Spies, Hamish Hamilton (publ.), page 227. Drove across the road to the petrol station and waited for five minutes—without buying juice.
    • Drivers running short on power could simply stop at a gas station and fill up, obviating the fear of running out of juice on a long and lonely road, always a risk with the EV-1.
verb/d͡ʒuːs//d͡ʒʉws//d͡ʒɪʊ̯s/
  1. 1

    To extract the juice from something.transitive

  2. 2

    To energize or stimulate something.transitive

    • Having a beloved couple (Jim and Pam, Cory and Topanga) exchange vows was once a foolproof way to juice TV ratings.
  3. 3

    To take a performance-enhancing drug.intransitiveslang

    • I followed the home run race between Sosa and McGuire, and any fool could see they were juicing.
  4. 4

    To have sexual intercourse with.slangtransitive

    • Saw your girlfriend, you don't need advice / Always in your ear like, "He's not nice" / She's just upset cause she got juiced in the bunk bed / And you know, she's not wife
adj
  1. 1

    Alternative spelling of Jew's (used in certain set phrases like juice harp)alt-ofalternativenot-comparable

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