Juice

  • 41juice — [13] Juice appears to come ultimately from a prehistoric root which meant ‘mix’. This had early descendants denoting ‘soup’ – Latin jūs, for instance, Sanskrit yūa, and Old Slavic jucha – and the Latin form passed into Old French as jus, whence… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 42juice — 1) Energy. I m all outa juice. I need a break. 2) gossip Tell me the juice on him …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 43juice — 1) Energy. I m all outa juice. I need a break. 2) gossip Tell me the juice on him …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 44juice — I. n 1. American alcohol, booze. A pre World War II American term still in widespread use. 2. American electricity, power ► Give it some more juice. 3. American gossip, interesting news. A teenage term of the late 1970s and 1980s which is… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 45juice — dÊ’uːs n. fluid extracted (as from fruit); natural fluids within a body; liquid part of a plant or animal; essence; vitality; fuel, electricity; alcohol, liquor (Slang) v. squeeze out, extract juice from; put juice into …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 46juice — noun 1) the juice from two lemons Syn: liquid, fluid, sap; extract; nectar 2) informal he ran out of juice on the last lap Syn: energy, power, stamina, steam …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 47juice up — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms juice up : present tense I/you/we/they juice up he/she/it juices up present participle juicing up past tense juiced up past participle juiced up informal to improve something by making it more interesting,… …

    English dictionary

  • 48juice — /dʒus / (say joohs) noun 1. the liquid part of plant or animal substance. 2. any natural fluid secreted by an animal body. 3. any extracted liquid, especially from a fruit. 4. essence; strength. 5. Colloquial a. electric power. b. petrol, fuel… …

  • 49juice — [13] Juice appears to come ultimately from a prehistoric root which meant ‘mix’. This had early descendants denoting ‘soup’ – Latin jūs, for instance, Sanskrit yūa, and Old Slavic jucha – and the Latin form passed into Old French as jus, whence… …

    Word origins

  • 50juice — n. 1 the liquid part of vegetables or fruits. 2 the fluid part of an animal body or substance, esp. a secretion (gastric juice). 3 the essence or spirit of anything. 4 colloq. petrol or electricity as a source of power. Derivatives: juiceless adj …

    Useful english dictionary