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   juice

   /dʒuːs/

   noun

   • 1. the liquid obtained from or present in fruit or vegetables: "add the juice of a lemon" Similar liquidfluidsapextracttaille
   • ▪ a drink made from fruit or vegetable juice: "a carton of orange juice"
   • 2. the liquid that comes from meat or other food when cooked: "put with the salmon, reserving the cooking juices" Similar liquidliquor
   • ▪ fluid secreted by the body, especially in the stomach to help digest food: "the digestive juices" Similar secretionsserum
   • ▪ a person's vitality or creative faculties: "it saps the creative juices"
   • 3. electrical energy: informal "the batteries have run out of juice"
   • ▪ petrol: "he ran out of juice on the last lap"
   • ▪ influence or power, especially in a political or business context: informal North American "Lucchese was involved in the case and he had a certain amount of juice around the city"
   • ▪ alcoholic drink. informal North American
   • ▪ anabolic steroids: informal North American "I know there are 82 players on the juice"
   • ▪ a liquid containing nicotine and flavouring that is used in vaping devices: informal "passing through Chicago, I was looking for a vape shop to get some juice"

   verb

   • 1. extract the juice from (fruit or vegetables): "juice one orange at a time"
   • 2. take anabolic steroids or other performance-enhancing drugs: informal North American "those who are convinced that he juiced can't seem to find any evidence"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French from Latin jus ‘broth, vegetable juice’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. juiceless adjective

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • J

     8

   • U

     1

   • I

     1

   • C

     3

   • E

     1

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