Etymology From 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.
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To extract the juice from something.
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To energize or stimulate something.
Having a beloved couple (Jim and Pam, Cory and Topanga) exchange vows was once a foolproof way to juice TV ratings.2026 May 27, Judy Berman, “When Did On-Screen Weddings Get So Bleak?”, in TIME, archived from the original on 28 May 2026:
I followed the home run race between Sosa and McGuire, and any fool could see they were juicing.2012, Phil Denapoli, Preying on the Innocent, page 233:
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 wife2016 February 14, Joseph Adenuga, Darren Dixon, Tariq Devega, “Ladies Hit Squad” (track 6), in Konnichiwa, performed by Skepta ft. D Double E and ASAP Nast, Boy Better Know:
Etymology From 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.
Usually A 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 are annually made from the juice of the A`cer sacchárinum, in the west of Pennsylvania and New York, with which our forests abound (Professor Kid, in his Bridgwater Treatise, says they are “cultivated”!); and, as the peculiarities attending the flow of this juice have puzzled me to explain them, I have resolved to state them to you.
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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 through a permeable membrane.1940 November, Dwight M. DeLong, “Studies of Methods and Materials for the Control of the Leafhopper Empoasca fabae as a Bean Pest”, in Technical Bulletin, number 740, United States Department of Agriculture, page 26:
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Usually A 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.1938, C.B. Hutchison, S.B. Freeborn, Toward Better Agriculture: Report of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of California, page 44:
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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.
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.1884 July, Alfales Young, “Letter from Salt Lake City”, in Wallace's Monthly, volume X, number 6, page 450:
And privately the president says, “Do the Iraqis have the juice to carry this off?”2019, Timothy Andrews Sayle, Jeffrey A. Engel, Hal Brands, William Inboden, editors, The Last Card: Inside George W. Bush's Decision to Surge in Iraq, page 161:
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, to the governors' crowd" ("Hardball," CNBC. 11/3).1998, The Hotline, page 16:
Go now and see that both are filled up with enough spare juice for a double journey—we don't want to have to take in anywhere and leave our number. And make sure that everything's running smooth: there's got to be no tinkering this excursion.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
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.
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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-1.2009, William J. Holstein, Why GM Matters: Inside the Race to Transform an American Icon, Walker Books, page 137:
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 the dream, the Dream come true!1915, Berton Braley, "The Power Plant":
`Perhaps, later on, but I've got lots to show you - and besides, it's a waste of "juice".'1917 July 23, The Electrical Experimenter, New York, page 180, column 2:
I stopped by CeCe's setup […] to see if she would tell me the juice on this thing with her and Marco.2007, Joy Evans-Smith, Secrets to Kill For, page 393:
1981, Susan Griffin, Pornography and Silence: Culture's Revenge Against Nature, page 62, quoting Yvette Clemons, The Skin Flick Rapist. The demand that a woman drink semen is repeated throughout pornography. Volume after volume presents such scenes as this which we find in The Skin Flick Rapist: "Maria gagged on his juice. It made him so angry that he reached out with his right hand and pulled at her hair."
I pulled my cock out of North and he fell forward, his face in the cum-soaked laundry. He rolled over on his back and looked up at me. I shook the last drops of juice from my prick.2005, Michael Thomas Ford, Tangled Sheets, Kensington Books, page 242:
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Lifestyle, Sex, SexualitySlang, Usually, Vulgar The vaginal lubrication that a female naturally produces when sexually aroused.
Lily shuddered and looked at me as I came up from between her legs with her juices dripping all over me.1999, Tristan Taormino, editor, Best Lesbian Erotica 1999, Cleis Press, page 62:
Body singing with pleasure, she found he was right, and her juices flowed as he pulled her back down on his stiffness.2006, Donna Lea Simpson, Awaiting the Night, page 247:
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Slang, Usually The 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.1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 74:
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Slang, Usually The profit coming from the interest on an illegal loan.
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.1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 160: