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
6
slang
: liquor
7
slang
: exorbitant interest exacted of a borrower under the threat of violence
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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.
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Kiana Murden, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2025
Nice white parents enroll their children; protests break out when a bougie juice bar threatens to replace an old-school deli; and Principal Ava (Janelle James), always a canny operator, helps her team blackmail the developer out of some fancy new computers for the kids.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
On Monday morning, just before his Inauguration, Trump was back inside the church, juicing its ceremonial power for a few more drops of self-aggrandizement.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 21 Jan. 2025
Nice white parents enroll their children; protests break out when a bougie juice bar threatens to replace an old-school deli; and Principal Ava (Janelle James), always a canny operator, helps her team blackmail the developer out of some fancy new computers for the kids.
—Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
Trump was elected the first time to juice the economy and secure the border with Mexico, not manage the response to the worst public health crisis in a century.
—Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 21 Jan. 2025
On Monday morning, just before his Inauguration, Trump was back inside the church, juicing its ceremonial power for a few more drops of self-aggrandizement.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Juice.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/juice. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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juice
noun1
: 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
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