Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

juice

Syllabification: (juice)
Pronunciation: /jo͞os/
Translate juice | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
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
  |  Cite
Oxford Dictionaries Pro

For Oxford's best resources for writers, plus thesaurus, audio, and 1.9m examples.

Shop for an Oxford dictionary

Find the perfect Oxford dictionary for you in our online shop.
SHOP NOW ►

Word of the day

logomachy

/ lōˈgäməkē /
noun
an argument about words …