juice

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noun

ˈjüs 

1

: the extractable fluid contents of cells or tissues

2

: a motivating, inspiring, or enabling force or factor

creative juices

3

: a medium (such as electricity or gasoline) that supplies power

4

a

juices plural : the natural fluids of an animal body

b

: the liquid or moisture contained in something

5

a

: the inherent quality of a thing : essence

b

: strength, vigor, vitality

pioneers … full of juice and jests

—Sinclair Lewis

6

slang : liquor

7

slang : exorbitant interest exacted of a borrower under the threat of violence

8

slang : influence, clout

juiceless

ˈjüs-ləs 

adjective

juice

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verb

juiced; juicing

transitive verb

1

: to extract the juice of

2

: to add juice to

Synonyms

Noun

• energy
• vigor
• gas
• vinegar
• life
• beans
• ginger

Examples of juice in a Sentence

Noun

a glass of apple juice

a variety of fruit juices

the juice of a steak

gravy made with real beef juices

His camera ran out of juice because he forgot to replace the battery.

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Disinterested is too strong a word to use in describing the Bills over their past few games, but let’s see this team play with some juice. —Jeff Howe, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025

Drink prices average $3, with offerings including sodas, juice and water. —Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025

Verb

In a corner of the nearly 5,000-square-foot facility, two men are squeezing vats of Key limes as if they were born to juice. —Nila Do Simon, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2025

Apple’s jump helped juice the broader market, with the three major indexes all gaining more than 1%. —Alex Harring, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2025

Word History

Etymology

Noun

Middle English jus, from Anglo-French, broth, juice, from Latin; akin to Old Norse ostr cheese, Greek zymē leaven, Sanskrit yūṣa broth

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1603, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Phrases Containing juice

• gastric juice
• juice up
• orange juice
• pancreatic juice
• stew in one's own juice/juices
• tobacco juice

Rhymes for juice

• coos
• cruce
• deuce
• douce
• duce
• goose
• hoose
• loose
• mousse
• noose
• nous
• sluice

Kids Definition

juice

noun

ˈjüs

1

a

: the liquid part that can be squeezed out of vegetables and fruits

orange juice

b

: the fluid part of meat

2

a

: the natural fluids (as blood, lymph, and secretions) of an animal body

b

: the liquid or moisture contained in something

3

: something (as electricity or gasoline) that supplies power

juiced

ˈjüst

adjective

Medical Definition

juice

noun

ˈjüs 

1

: the extractable fluid contents of cells or tissues

2

a

: a natural bodily fluid (as blood, lymph, or a secretion) see gastric juice, intestinal juice, pancreatic juice

b

: the liquid or moisture contained in something