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juice

UK/d͡ʒuːs/ US/d͡ʒʉws/ common informal slang

noun

1.

the liquid part that can be extracted from plant or animal tissue

2.

energetic vitality

  • “her creative juices were flowing”
3.

electric current

  • “when the wiring was finished they turned on the juice”
4.

any of several liquids of the body

  • “digestive juices”
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Origin

From Middle English jus, juis, from Old French jus, jous, from Latin jūs (“broth, soup, sauce”), from Proto-Indo-European *yéwHs, from *yewH- (“to mix (of meal preparation)”).

Phrases

  • apple juice
  • ass juice
  • baby juice
  • balloon juice
  • beet juice
  • beetroot juice
  • bin juice
  • bone hurting juice
  • juice up
  • ruckus juice

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