juice

[joos] /dʒus/
noun
1.
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.
2.
the liquid part or contents of plant or animal substance.
3.
the natural fluids of an animal body:
gastric juices.
4.
essence, strength, or vitality:
He's still full of the juice of life.
5.
any extracted liquid.
6.
Slang.
  1. electricity or electric power.
  2. gasoline, fuel oil, etc., used to run an engine.
7.
Slang. alcoholic liquor.
8.
Slang.
  1. money obtained by extortion.
  2. money loaned at excessive and usually illegal interest rates.
  3. the interest rate itself.
9.
Slang.
  1. influence in the right or convenient place, especially as exerted for selfish or illegal gain.
  2. gossip or scandal.
verb (used with object), juiced, juicing.
10.
to extract juice from.
verb (used without object), juiced, juicing.
11.
Slang. to drink alcohol heavily:
to go out juicing on Saturday night.
Verb phrases
12.
juice up,
  1. to add more power, energy, or speed to; accelerate.
  2. to make exciting or spectacular:
    They juiced up the movie by adding some battle scenes.
  3. to strengthen; increase the effectiveness of:
    to juice up the nation's economy.
Idioms
13.
stew in one's own juice. stew (def 5).
Origin
1250-1300; Middle English ju(i)s < Old French jus < Latin jūs broth, soup, sauce, juice
Related forms
juiceless, adjective
British Dictionary definitions for juice up

juice up

verb (transitive, adverb)
1.
(US, slang) to make lively: to juice up a party
2.
(often passive) to cause to be drunk: he got juiced up on Scotch last night

juice

/dʒuːs/
noun
1.
any liquid that occurs naturally in or is secreted by plant or animal tissue: the juice of an orange, digestive juices
2.
(informal)
  1. fuel for an engine, esp petrol
  2. electricity
  3. alcoholic drink
3.
  1. vigour or vitality
  2. essence or fundamental nature
4.
stew in one's own juice, See stew1 (sense 10)
verb
5.
to extract juice from (fruits or vegetables) in order to drink
Derived Forms
juiceless, adjective
Word Origin
C13: from Old French jus, from Latin
Word Origin and History for juice up

juice

n.

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.

v.

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.

juice up in Medicine

juice (jōōs)
n.

  1. A fluid naturally contained in plant or animal tissue.

  2. A bodily secretion, especially that secreted by the glands of the stomach and intestines.

Slang definitions & phrases for juice up

juice up

verb phrase
  1. To energize; invigorate; PUMP oneself UP: A thing like that can really juice you up/ He seems, if anything, to be juicing up the pace these days
  2. To fuel: They juiced the car up and set out
  3. soup up (1940s+ Hot rodders)
  4. To use anabolic steroids (1980s+)

juice

modifier

: a juice dealer/ juice man

noun
  1. Liquor; booze, the SAUCE: liquor much stronger than the present-day juice/ Those people just don't hold the juice (1828+)
  2. Money, esp illegally obtained and used by gamblers, loan sharks, etc: The juice, the C, the commission (1940s+ Underworld)
  3. The interest paid on a usurious loan; vigorish: interest, known in the trade as vigorish, vig, or juice (1940s+ Underworld)
  4. Electricity; current and voltage: Turn on the juice so we can see something (1896+)
  5. Gasoline; motor fuel: If you have a light supply of juice you climb at about 200 mph (1909+)
  6. A fuel additive for cars, esp hot rods; pop (1960s+ Hot rodders & car racing)
  7. Nitroglycerin; soup (1925+)
  8. Influence; clout, pull: ''What's juice?'' ''I guess you'd call it pull. Or clout'' (1935+)
  9. Methadone, often administered in fruit juice (1960s+ Narcotics)
  10. Anabolic steroids: About 60 per cent of the wrestlers he knew during the 1980s used steroids, commonly known as ''juice'' (1980s+)
  11. Authority; power: It was the stuff of cool and ultimate victory. The Redskins have the juice, the Broncos don't/ As one of the oldest gangsters in the neighborhood, Bogard had the credibility, or ''juice,'' to call the shots (Black 1980s+ hip-hop & street talk)
verb

To hit the ball hard and far; slug2: The club starts struggling a bit, so he starts trying to juice the ball (1960s+ Baseball)

Related Terms

bug juice, happy-juice, joy-juice, jungle-juice, limey, moo-juice, torpedo juice


Idioms and Phrases with juice up

juice up

.
Give something energy, spirit, or interest. For example, They tried to juice up the party by playing loud music.
.
Change something to improve its performance, as in That old jeep's motor got juiced up in the shop, or Lowering interest rates is one way to juice up the economy. [ ; second half of 1900s ]

juice

In addition to the idiom beginning with juice also see: stew in one's own juice