adjective Slang.
- intoxicated from alcohol; drunk: When arrested he was definitely juiced.
noun
- the natural fluid, fluid content, or liquid part that can be extracted from a plant or one of its parts, especially of a fruit: orange juice.
- the liquid part or contents of plant or animal substance.
- the natural fluids of an animal body: gastric juices.
- essence, strength, or vitality: He’s still full of the juice of life.
- any extracted liquid.
- Slang.
- electricity or electric power.
- gasoline, fuel oil, etc., used to run an engine.
- Slang. alcoholic liquor.
- Slang.
- money obtained by extortion.
- money loaned at excessive and usually illegal interest rates.
- the interest rate itself.
- Slang.
- influence in the right or convenient place, especially as exerted for selfish or illegal gain.
- gossip or scandal.
verb (used with object), juiced, juic·ing.
- to extract juice from.
verb (used without object), juiced, juic·ing.
- Slang. to drink alcohol heavily: to go out juicing on Saturday night.
Verb Phrases
- juice up,
- to add more power, energy, or speed to; accelerate.
- to make exciting or spectacular: They juiced up the movie by adding some battle scenes.
- to strengthen; increase the effectiveness of: to juice up the nation’s economy.
- stew in one’s own juice. stew1(def 10).
noun
- any liquid that occurs naturally in or is secreted by plant or animal tissuethe juice of an orange; digestive juices
- informal
- fuel for an engine, esp petrol
- electricity
- alcoholic drink
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- vigour or vitality
- essence or fundamental nature
- stew in one’s own juice See stew 1 (def. 10)
verb
- to extract juice from (fruits or vegetables) in order to drink
1630s, “to suffuse with juice,” from juice (n.). Meaning “to enliven” attested by 1964; juiced “drunk” attested by 1946; in reference to steroids, by 2003. Related: Juiced; juicing.
c.1300, “liquid extract obtained by boiling herbs,” from Old French jus “juice, sap, liquid” (13c.), from Latin ius “broth, sauce, juice,” from PIE root *yeue- “to blend, mix food” (cf. Sanskrit yus- “broth,” Greek zyme “a leaven,” Old Church Slavonic jucha “broth, soup,” Lithuanian juse “fish soup”). Meaning “liquor” is from 1828; that of “electricity” is first recorded 1896.
n.
- A fluid naturally contained in plant or animal tissue.
- A bodily secretion, especially that secreted by the glands of the stomach and intestines.
In addition to the idiom beginning with juice
- juice up
also see:
- stew in one’s own juice