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juice

Syllabification: (juice)
Pronunciation: /jo͞os/
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Definition of juice

noun

  • the liquid obtained from or present in fruit or vegetables:add the juice of a lemon
  • a drink made from fruit or vegetable juice:a carton of orange juice
  • (juices) fluid secreted by the body, especially in the stomach to help digest food.
  • (juices) the liquid that comes from meat or other food when cooked.
  • informal electrical energy:the batteries have run out of juice
  • informal gasoline:he ran out of juice on the last lap
  • North American informal influence or power, especially in a political or business context:Lucchese was involved in the case and he had a certain amount of juice around the city
  • North American informal alcoholic drink.
  • North American informal anabolic steroids.
  • (juices) a person’s vitality or creative faculties:it saps the creative juices

verb

[with object]
  • 1extract the juice from (fruit or vegetables):juice one orange at a time
  • 2 (juice something up) North American informal liven something up:they juiced it up with some love interest
  • 3 (as adjective juiced) North American informal drunk.

Derivatives

juiceless

adjective

Origin:

Middle English: via Old French from Latin jus 'broth, vegetable juice'

juice in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of juice in the British & World English dictionary