/d͡ʒuːs/, /d͡ʒɪʊ̯s/, /ˈd͡ʒʉs/
OriginFrom 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)”). Doublet of jus and ukha. In this sense, mostly displaced native Middle English sew (“juice”), from Old English sēaw (“juice, sap”) (> English sew (“juice, broth, gravy”)). Sense of "soft drink" most likely an ellipsis of fizzy juice, another similarly common term in Scotland.
- countable, uncountable, usuallyA liquid made from plant, especially fruit.
“Squeeze the orange and some juice will come out.”
“1837 April, J. M. (London), in "Miscellaneous Intelligence: Art. V. Queries and Answers", The Gardener's Magazine, August edition, page 378.
You are aware, I presume, that immense quantities of sugar ”
“The plant juices of both bean and potato gave strong positive tests, showing that the juices of these plants can readily dissolve copper in some form from bordeaux-mixture residue and absorb it throug”
- countable, usuallyA beverage made of juice.
“I’d like two orange juices please.”
“The bottled juice must be heated to a temperature and for a time sufficient to attain a sterilizing temperature at the coolest point, usually the center of the bottle.”
“2006, Katie Kitamura, Japanese for Travellers: A Journey, Hamish Hamilton (publ.), page 189.
My mom placed a glass of juice before her, then looked questioningly towards the son.”
- Scotland, uncountable, usuallyA soft drink.
- slang, uncountable, usuallyLiquor.
- informal, uncountable, usuallyThe liquid that is used to submerge a substance kept in a container
- slang, uncountable, usuallyThe leftover liquid of some wet or damp substance.
- uncountable, usuallybodily secretion, especially that secreted by the glands of the stomach and intestines.
- slang, uncountable, usuallyVitality; strength.
“This chance manner of her laying herself fallow gives her an opportunity of recovering her juices, or strength, to enable her to breed a stronger foal.”
“And privately the president says, “Do the Iraqis have the juice to carry this off?””
- slang, uncountable, usuallyPolitical power.
“CNBC's Matthews: "The power in the Republican party^([sic]) in terms of who's got the juice, who knows how to win elections, has clearly moved tonight ... from Capitol Hill, the Newt Gingrich crowd, t”
- slang, uncountable, usuallyPetrol; gasoline.
“1973, Stephen Barlay, Double Cross: Encounters with Industrial Spies, Hamish Hamilton (publ.), page 227.
Drove across the road to the petrol station and waited for five minutes—without buying juice.”
“Drivers running short on power could simply stop at a gas station and fill up, obviating the fear of running out of juice on a long and lonely road, always a risk with the EV-1.”
- slang, uncountable, usuallyElectricity.
“This is the shrine of the God That Works,
Driving away the mists and murks,
Turning the lightnings into use.
This is the shrine of the mighty "Juice,"
Flowing ever the long wires through,
And making t”
“`Perhaps, later on, but I've got lots to show you - and besides, it's a waste of "juice".'”
- slang, uncountable, usuallyBattery life.
- slang, uncountable, usuallySteroids.
- slang, uncountable, usuallyThe amount charged by a bookmaker for betting services.
“He was a sporting man, a gambler. He had to go into hiding at last, because the juice men were after him. I believe they had even broken his ankles.”
- slang, uncountable, usuallyMusical agreement between instrumentalists.
“The Nashville Teens convened in 1962 when Ramon "Ray" Phillips and Arthur Sharp, members of two local rival groups, decided to join their musical juices.”
- transitiveTo extract the juice from something.
- transitiveTo energize or stimulate something.
- intransitive, slangTo take a performance-enhancing drug.
“I followed the home run race between Sosa and McGuire, and any fool could see they were juicing.”
- slang, transitiveTo have sexual intercourse with.
“Saw your girlfriend, you don't need advice / Always in your ear like, "He's not nice" / She's just upset cause she got juiced in the bunk bed / And you know, she's not wife”
- abbreviation, acronym, alt-ofAcronym of Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer.
Formsjuices(plural) · juices(present, singular, third-person) · juicing(participle, present) · juiced(participle, past) · juiced(past)
Source: Wiktionary