juicen.
/dʒuːs/, U.S. /dʒus/ 1.
a. The watery or liquid part of vegetables or fruits, which can be expressed or extracted; commonly containing the characteristic flavour and other properties.
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the world > plants > part of plant > plant substances > [noun] > fluid, juice, or sap
oozeeOE
sapOE
milkOE
slime?c1225
juicec1290
humoura1398
opiuma1398
watera1425
sop1513
afion1542
suc1551
suck1560
ab1587
lymph1682
blood1690
fluid1705
humidities1725
succus1771
plant milk1896
α.
β. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 266 And tho sche tok vnto his vs Of herbes al the beste ius.c1420 Pallad. on Husb. ii. 206 Vche herbe in his colour, odour, & Iuce [rhyme letuce]. c1440Iwse [see γ. ]. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. vii. 90 The hailsum ius of herb ambrosyane.1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. aj b Celendine, whose ieuse is citrine.1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. vii. f. 132v They..noint themselues with iuse whiche they wringe out of Sesama.1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Pii/1 Iuce of herbes, succus.γ. a1400–50 Alexander 339 Þe ious out he wrengis.c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 84 Take þe iowse of þe poume-garnet swete, xxv Rotes, and of þe Iowse of swet appelys, x Rotes.c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 265/2 Iows of frutys, or herbys..[King's Cambr. iowse or iwse], ius, succus.1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 235/1 Iowse of an herbe, jus.δ. 14.. in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 564/40 Aporima, ioys of gras.c1450 Two Cookery-bks. 116 Ioissh of persely or malves.1553 R. Eden tr. S. Münster Treat. Newe India sig. Jvv The humoure or ioyse which droppeth out of the braunches of the date trees.1565–73 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Dens The ioyse anointed healeth the toothache.1901 N.E.D. at Juice Mod. Sc., Edinb., Peebles, Roxb., etc. Joice, as 'bacca joice, the joice o' reid currans.c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 360/52 Iuys of smal-Ache do þar-to.
c1400 tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. 83 Oynement maad of myrre, and of þe iuwys of þe herbe þat ys clepyd bletes.
a1475 Bk. Quinte Essence (1889) 20 Þe yuis of þe eerbe þat is callid morsus galline rubri.
1533 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe ii. xiv The iuyce of theym [oranges] is colde in the second degre.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. i. sig. A7v Like withered tree, that wanteth iuyce [rhyme floure deluce] . View more context for this quotation
a1626 F. Bacon Sylva Sylvarum (1627) §633 The juices of fruits are either watery or oily..Those that have oily juices, are olives, almonds, nuts of all sorts..etc., and their juices are all inflammable.
1626 F. Bacon New Atlantis 36 in Sylua Syluarum Wines we have of Grapes; and Drinkes of other Iuyce.
1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 204 They take the juyce of Beet.
1884 F. O. Bower & D. H. Scott tr. H. A. de Bary Compar. Anat. Phanerogams & Ferns 192 The peculiar juice which flows from milky plants.
b. spec. that of the grape, made into wine. Also more generally, alcoholic liquor (U.S. slang).
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the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > wine > [noun]
wine805
juicea1387
shrab1477
Bacchus1508
the spirit (also sprite) of the buttery1530
Lyaeus1602
vintage1604
Septembral juice (or liquor)1609
grape1636
cellar physic1697
rosy1840
pluck1904
pinard1917
vino1919
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > [noun]
drink1042
liquor1340
bousea1350
cidera1382
dwale1393
sicera1400
barrelc1400
strong drinkc1405
watera1475
swig1548
tipple1581
amber1598
tickle-brain1598
malt pie1599
swill1602
spicket1615
lap1618
John Barleycornc1625
pottle1632
upsy Englisha1640
upsy Friese1648
tipplage1653
heartsease1668
fuddle1680
rosin1691
tea1693
suck1699
guzzlea1704
alcohol1742
the right stuff1748
intoxicant1757
lush1790
tear-brain1796
demon1799
rum1799
poison1805
fogram1808
swizzle1813
gatter1818
wine(s) and spirit(s)1819
mother's milkc1821
skink1823
alcoholics1832
jough1834
alky1844
waipiro1845
medicine1847
stimulant1848
booze1859
tiddly1859
neck oil1860
lotion1864
shrab1867
nose paint1880
fixing1882
wet1894
rabbit1895
shicker1900
jollop1920
mule1920
giggle-water1929
rookus juice1929
River Ouse1931
juice1932
lunatic soup1933
wallop1933
skimish1936
sauce1940
turps1945
grog1946
joy juice1960
the world > food and drink > drink > intoxicating liquor > distilled drink > whisky > [noun]
usquebaugh1581
creature1638
corn-brandy1704
whisky1715
usque1728
spunkiea1796
skreigh1813
the stuff1828
snake poison1842
tanglefoot1860
whisky-straight1864
oil1869
Auld Kirk1884
snake juice1890
screech1902
scat1914
pinch bottle1916
screecham1923
juice1932
malt1967
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1872) IV. 121 And schewede hem þe juse of grapes and of buries.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. ii. 277 No more The iuyce of Egypts Grape shall moyst this lip. View more context for this quotation
1733 A. Pope Ess. Man i. 140 Annual for me, the grape, the rose renew The juice nectareous, and the balmy dew.
1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain ii. ix. 66 She raised the cup—‘Not this the juice That sluggish vines of earth produce.’
1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxviii. 209 An over-dose of the juice.
1932 Evening Sun (Baltimore) 9 Dec. 31/4 Juice, whisky.
1940 D. Ellington in Swing May 10/3 Everybody in our band at that time was a juice-hound, juice meaning any kind of firewater.
1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues xix. 177 There was no place I could work in New York—not if they sold juice there.
1961 R. Russell Sound 22 ‘Nuthin' at all like juice, either,’ Hassan said. ‘No hangover.’
1971 Harper's Mag. May 83 But they need their juice, for their kind of tension would not be relieved by the head-lightening stuff, they need the down-deep sleep of the intelligence that comes with liquor.
c. (a) The liquor from the sugar cane; (b) this made ready for evaporation.
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the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > syrup > [noun] > in sugar manufacture > juice of sugar cane
juice1697
cane-juice1750
cane-liquor1875
the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > syrup > [noun] > in sugar manufacture > juice of sugar cane > at specific stage of manufacture
juice1697
sling1826
melada1865
massecuite1882
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(b)1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1202 Where canes grow on a calcareous marly soil, in a favourable season the saccharine matter gets so thoroughly elaborated, and the glutinous mucilage so completely condensed, that a clear juice and a fine sugar may be obtained without the use of lime.1887 Encycl. Brit. XXII. 626/1 Wetzel's pan,..and similar devices for the efficient evaporation of juice..are also in use.1697 Philos. Trans. 1695–7 (Royal Soc.) 19 381 The Juice of the Cane.
1784 P. H. Maty in New Rev. Sept. 194 To..cut the cane,..to have the juice expressed, and boiled into sugar.
1812 J. Taylor Arbores Mirabiles 39 The season continues..about six weeks, when the juice is found to be too thin and poor to make sugar.
1830 G. R. Porter Nature & Properties Sugar Cane 17 The cane contains three sorts of juice, one aqueous, another saccharine, and the third mucous.
d. Electricity, electric current. slang.
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the world > matter > physics > electromagnetic radiation > electricity > electric current > [noun]
current1747
electric current1760
juice1896
1896 Boston Herald 25 Dec. 4/5 Now we know what a blessing the trolley is—when the juice isn't turned off.
1903 Electr. Engineer 28 Aug. 327/2 The first he asked, a councillor Whose town had got the juice.
1916 ‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin xiii. 238 Call her up by wireless... Don't make our name, but use all the juice you can, so that they'll think we're very close.
1917 Wireless World Aug. 345 Our ‘juice’ we got by tapping off on a couple of our accumulators.
1927 Chambers's Jrnl. 10 Dec. 21/1 As the train runs, electricity is manufactured by the action of running. The ‘juice’ is stored by the batteries, which pass to the lamp-globes a supply automatically regulated... Immediately the train stops, the manufacture of ‘juice’ stops also.
1928 U. Sinclair Boston (1929) xxiv. 724 The juice was turned off, and Vanzetti was officially pronounced dead.
1934 J. M. Cain Postman always rings Twice ii. 13 They got Neon signs. They show up better, and they don't burn as much juice.
1966 H. Sheppard Dict. Railway Slang (ed. 2) 9 On the juice, running on electrified lines—particularly LTE.
e. Petrol. to step on the juice: to accelerate a motor engine. slang.
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society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > chemical fuel > [noun] > liquid
naphthec1384
naphtha1543
paraffin1851
kerosene1854
octylene1857
shale-oil1857
coal oil1859
gasoline1863
octane1867
octene1868
octyne1877
gas1878
liquid fuel1889
petrol1895
mazut1897
white fuel1901
diesel oil1905
autogas1908
juice1909
sauce1918
power kerosene1919
petroil1921
ethyl1923
lox1923
kero1930
isooctane1932
high-octane1933
hi-octane1933
Calor1936
pool petrol1939
super1939
pool1940
derv1948
platformate1949
mixture1952
diesel1953
Mapp gas1962
gasohol1971
super unleaded1975
synoil1976
synjet1979
biodiesel1986
Orimulsion1987
1909 Installation News 3 52/2 We are not faced with a threepenny tax on each gallon of ‘juice’.
1918 E. M. Roberts Flying Fighter 281 Then I discovered that the tank was nearly empty. That meant that I would have to go in search of ‘juice’.
1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words The juice, airman's slang for the petrol supply of an aeroplane.
1959 N.Z. Listener 12 June 20/4 ‘Turn the juice on!’ He felt sheepish as he twisted the key.
1968 K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 56 The Rover had him worried. If she ran out of juice..he had to walk in.
1973 Nation Rev. (Melbourne) 24 Aug. 1399/6 'Tis cheaper to slow down—you use less juice then, be it petroleum or gastric.
f. A drug or drugs. slang.
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the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > an intoxicating drug > [noun]
drug1668
stuporific1853
candy1925
spike1934
shit1946
juice1957
street drug1967
substance1967
dadah1980
product1983
1957 Nation 23 Feb. 161/1 Sometimes he lapses into pages of terrifying gibberish that sound like a tape recording of a gang bang with everybody full of pod, juice and bennies all at once.
1972 H. C. Rae Shooting Gallery iii. 187 I wasn't interested in him. I mean, when you shoot juice, you lose the other thing.
2.
a. The fluid part or moisture of an animal body or substance; now usually in plural the various liquid constituents of the body, the bodily ‘humours’; also used in singular in the names of the digestive secretions ( gastric juice, intestinal juice, pancreatic juice).
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the world > life > the body > secretory organs > secretion > [noun] > fluid secretion
moisturea1387
juice1398
suck1560
recrement1578
suffusion1608
fluid1705
succus1771
liquor1886
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) v. xxxviii Þe lyuour..fongiþ Ious [de Worde Ius], woos, and humour wherof blood is bred.
1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) i. 14 Somme [meat and drink] is good, whiche maketh good iuyce, and good bloudde: some is ylle and ingendreth yll iuyce and yll bloudde.
a1674 T. Traherne Christian Ethicks (1675) 325* The four Humors of Choler, Melancholy, Flegm, and Blood are generally known: But there are many other Juyces talkt of besides.
1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. iii. 9 Marrow, and Fat, and Blood, and other Nutritious Juices.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 128 The man who dies of hunger, may be said to be poisoned by the juices of his own body.
1899 J. Cagney tr. R. von Jaksch Clin. Diagnosis (ed. 4) v. 171 The intestinal juice is a mixed secretion derived from several glands.
b. The fluid present in cancerous growths.
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1878 Encycl. Brit. IV. 801/1 In structure such growths are composed of nucleated cells and free nuclei together with a milky fluid called cancer juice.
1898 P. Manson Trop. Dis. xxvi. 407 The juice may be spread out on the cover-glass, fixed, stained and decolourised.
1901 W. A. N. Dorland Illustr. Med. Dict. (ed. 2) at Juice Cancer-juice, a milky juice which may be obtained from cancerous tissue, and containing cancer-cells.
3. More generally, The moisture or liquid naturally contained in or coming from anything.
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the world > matter > liquid > [noun] > types of liquid generally > liquid naturally contained in anything
sapOE
juicec1420
succosity?1527
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 240 Lette hem drie unslayn, and vp they drinke The londes iuce.
1503 in Surtees Misc. (1888) 30 The fylthe and juse that discendes..frome the sade stye.
c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme civ. 50 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 160 Oile, whose iuyce vnplaites the folded brow.
1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. xli. 96 It is the pure juyce of the Bee.
1695 J. Woodward Ess. Nat. Hist. Earth 217 An Account of the Mineral Juyces in the Earth.
1842 J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 171 So that the juice may run from the pig-sty down upon the dry coal ashes.
4. † b. The emoluments or profits of a profession or office. Obsolete. colloquial.
a. In figurative uses: usually denoting the essence or ‘spirit’ of something, in which its characteristic qualities are found, or which renders it useful, agreeable, or interesting.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > essence or intrinsic nature > [noun]
pitheOE
i-cundeeOE
roota1325
substancec1330
juicec1380
marrowa1382
formc1385
acta1398
quidditya1398
substantial forma1398
inward1398
savourc1400
inwardc1450
allaya1456
essencya1475
being1521
bottom1531
spirit?1534
summary1548
ecceity1549
core1556
flower1568
formality1570
sum and substance1572
alloy1594
soul1598
inwardness1605
quid1606
fibre1607
selfness1611
whatness1611
essentialityc1616
propera1626
the whole shot1628
substantiala1631
esse1642
entity1643
virtuality1646
ingeny1647
quoddity1647
intimacy1648
ens1649
inbeing1661
essence1667
interiority1701
intrinsic1716
stamen1758
character1761
quidditas1782
hyparxis1792
rasa1800
bone1829
what1861
isness1865
inscape1868
as-suchness1909
Wesen1959
c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. II. 67 Þo prestis þat geten out juys of Goddis word.
1553 T. Wilson Arte Rhetorique (1580) 172 An oration is made to seme right excellent by the kinde self, by the colour and iuice of speeche.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 127 The very spirit and roote of bitternesse, which giveth joice and nourishment to all branches.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 18 A theory, pickled in the preserving juices of pulpit eloquence. View more context for this quotation
1895 Gladstone in Evang. Mag. Jan. The juice and sap of the Evangelical teaching..I mean by its juice and sap, the positive and not the negative part of its teaching.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > income, revenue, or profit > [noun] > personal income or acquired wealth > derived from work or office
juicea1544
earnings1581
perquisite1712
earned income1861
a1544 H. Latimer Let. in J. Foxe Actes & Monuments (1563) 1322/1 If I woulde..gather vp my ioyse, as we call it, warely and narowlye, and yet neyther preache for it in myne owne cure, nor yet otherwhere.
1609 E. Hoby Let. to Mr. T. H. 23 That the parochial endowments..are..too little, to afford sufficient ioyce to those infinite superficiall students.
c. Political influence (exercised by or on behalf of criminals); money paid to obtain immunity from prosecution, or lent at a usurious rate of interest, or the interest thus extorted; money acquired by corruption, gambling, or threats. Also attributive. U.S.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun]
gift1382
juice1935
mordida1940
society > authority > power > influence > [noun] > political influence
juice1935
society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > protection money
black rent1423
blackmail1530
protection money1703
protection rent1860
Danegeld1911
juice1935
ice1951
society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > set apart for a purpose > for other purposes
alms purse1530
privy purse1565
sinking fund1717
stakea1744
pension fund1757
spare-chest1769
road fund1784
revolving fund1793
community chest1796
provident fund1817
sustentation fund1837
wages-fund1848
slush fund1874
treasury chest fund1877
fall money1883
jackpot1884
provision1895
war chest1901
juice1935
fighting fund1940
structural fund1967
appeal fund1976
1935 A. J. Pollock Underworld Speaks 65/1 Juice, corrupt influence (shake-down) for protection to operate unlawfully.
1951 E. Kefauver Crime in Amer. (1952) xvii. 186 When the combine's books finally were seized, examination disclosed recorded payments totalling $108,000 for the service known as ‘juice’, which is the California gambling profession's euphemism (in Florida the term is ‘ice’) for ‘protection’ money.
1961 Chicago Tribune 12 Aug. 1 William (‘Action’) Jackson..a ‘juice man’ (loan collector) for syndicate hoodlum bosses.
1962 A. Buchwald How Much is that in Dollars? 75 ‘Well, use some juice,’ Mr. Cahn said. ‘Juice’ is a Hollywood expression which means influence.
1963 P. Wyden Hired Killers xii. 196 ‘Juice’—usurious interest of up to twenty per cent—was known to fester at the root of some of these assassinations. The juice racket has been flourishing for decades.
1964 S. Bellow Herzog (1965) 35 A politician..who knew the Syndicate, the Juice Men, the Policy kings, Cosa Nostra, and all the hoods.
1968 N.Y. Times 9 June 1, 29 At least two murders and perhaps more have been connected to the loan shark, or ‘juice’ racket, as it is called here, as well as beatings and threats.
1969 Time 11 July 24 This Las Vegas is..a venal demi~monde in which the greatest compliment that can be paid a man is to say that he has ‘juice’ (influence in the right places).
1970 E. R. Johnson God Keepers (1971) xiv. 146 Vito Lucchese was involved in the case and..he had a certain amount of juice around the city.
1971 Ink 12 June 14/2 His high-paid whizkid managers weren't whizzing too well so he went after some extra juice.
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the world > food and drink > food > substances for food preparation > [noun] > stock or liquor
brotha1000
browisa1300
decoction1398
browet1399
juicea1425
liquorc1430
brooc1440
breea1475
brewis1526
decoct1551
gammon essence1706
stock1730
pot-liquor1742
white stock1806
poêlée1824
blanc1845
fond1928
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. lxv. 4 It is a puple..which eten swynes fleisch, and vnhooli iwisch [v.rr. iwce, iuyshe, iwissh, wisch; 1382 broth].
Compounds
C1. General attributive.
a.
juice-drop n.
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a1847 E. Cook Harvest Song iv Rich and bursting juice-drops run On the vineyard earth in streams.
b.
juice-drained adj.
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1800 C. Lamb Let. 1 Mar. in Lett. C. & M. A. Lamb (1975) I. 187 The Falstaff's Letters are a bundle of the sharpest, queerest, profoundest humours, of any these juice-drained latter times have spawned.
juice-squirting adj.
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1895 Daily News 21 Sept. 6/1 A..tobacco-chewing, juice-squirting, tippling Westerner.
C2.
juice-canal n. Anatomy a minute channel in the connective tissue regarded as the origin of the lymphatic vessels.
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1875 Encycl. Brit. I. 850/2 The existence of plasma, or juice, canals..along which, not blood, but the liquor sanguinis is supposed to flow.
1890 J. S. Billings National Med. Dict. Juice-canals,..stellate, irregular, or branched spaces, communicating with each other by numerous tubular processes, within connective tissues; an origin of lymphatic vessels.
juice-head n. slang an alcoholic.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > one who drinks to excess > alcoholic or habitual drinker
supper?1529
blow-bowl1530
drunkard1530
drunkera1538
blow-bottle1580
tippler1580
potman1589
red nose1591
sot1592
water rat1593
ply-pot1611
potter1632
pothead1639
pisspot1655
pitcher-man1665
whetter1709
inebriate1794
rummy1843
alcoholic1852
oenomaniac1857
dipsomaniac1858
alcoholizer1880
alcoholist1888
potationist1888
lush1890
rumdum1891
rumhound1895
blacklister1904
dipso1923
rumpot1929
alky1944
juice-head1955
alcohol abuser1965
juicer1967
substance abuser1967
jakey1988
1955 S. Whitmore Solo 247 The juiceheads..got so fractured [i.e. drunk] that they wouldn't show up for a date.
1967 New Yorker 9 Sept. 41 If anybody wanted to get stoned the guy who owned the pad made them go up on the roof. Juice-heads drank Red Mountain.
1969 A. H. Cain Young People & Drugs 159 Juice head, one whose hang-up is booze; an alcoholic.
juice-joint n. North American slang a bar, club, or stall serving either alcoholic or non-alcoholic liquor.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > refreshment room or house
refreshment room1785
refreshment house1825
refreshment stall1834
juice-joint1927
watering hole1950
Trinkhalle1971
1927 K. Nicholson Barker 149 Juice joint, soft drink stand.
1932 Evening Sun (Baltimore) 9 Dec. 31/4 Juice-joint, speakeasy.
1958 G. Lea Somewhere there's Music iv. 35 Six lonely nights a week in a juice joint.
1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 298/2 Juice-joint. 1. A soft-drink tent, stand, booth, or concession. Carnival and circus use. 2. A speakeasy; a bar or nightclub. Orig. 1920 use.
1970 C. Major Dict. Afro-Amer. Slang 72 Juice joint, tavern, bar, cabaret.
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juice bar n. (a) originally North American, a stall, bar, café, etc., selling freshly squeezed fruit and vegetable juices or similar beverages; (b) U.S. a club, bar, etc., usually for teenagers and young people, where only non-alcoholic drinks are served; (c) U.S. slang an establishment featuring nude or topless entertainment, in which the sale of alcohol is prohibited.
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1939 N.Y. Times 5 Mar. xx. 3/4 In the building's patio will be a fruit juice bar where Florida products will be on sale.]
1952 N.Y. Times 13 Jan. xx. 11 (heading) Winter Haven's Citrus Museum includes a juice bar for thirsty visitors.
1967 Punch 18 Oct. 574/1 Leaning over the rail of the Juice Bar, Mr. Alfred Spence..says: ‘We get a very nice type of kid in here.’
1973 N.Y. Times 1 Jan. 17/8 (heading) 11 arrested in ‘juice bar’ raid; narcotics and weapons seized.
1980 N.Y. Times 11 June b3/6 In addition to bars regulated by the Liquor Authority, topless shows are presented in ‘juice bars’, in which it is illegal to sell alcoholic beverages.
1991 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 4 Nov. ii. 1/2 Krieger..keeps the vigil outside Medusa's, the hottest teen club, or ‘juice bar’, in town, dressed in a black trenchcoat.
2001 Business Rev. Weekly 16 Feb. 44/3 Juice bars will have to evolve to survive, adding products such as wraps (mountain bread sandwiches) and muffins to boost winter sales.
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juice box n. originally and chiefly North American a form of packaging for individual servings of fruit juice and other drinks, chiefly made from bonded layers of plastic, aluminium, and paper formed into a small box or similar container, usually with an attached drinking straw; a drink carton; a drink sold in such packaging.
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1982 N.Y. Times 6 Oct. c4 (advt.) The Juice Box fits in your lunch box. Your picnic basket, your briefcase. Comes with its own straw... The Juice Box doesn't need the icebox. It stays fresh without refrigeration for up to 6 months.
1991 New Age Jrnl. Apr. 60/1 Environmentally unfriendly juice boxes have been snubbed in favor of old-fashioned whole milk in a reusable thermos.
2002 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 8 Oct. The woman ahead of me eyes my provisions. Two gallons of milk, a giant bag of oranges, Pop-Tarts, rabbit food, three dozen juice boxes... ‘You've got kids,’ she announces.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
juicev.
1. transitive. To moisten or suffuse with juice. rare.
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the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > make wet [verb (transitive)] > with juice
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1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre iii. xxxi. 164 Some gallants..count all conquests drie meat which are not juyced with bloud.
1884 Queen Victoria More Leaves 109 I drove off..to see them ‘juice the sheep’.
1884 Queen Victoria More Leaves 109 ‘Juicing the sheep’..a large sort of trough filled with liquid tobacco and soap, and into this the sheep were dipped one after the other.
2. To animate, liven up, inspire. slang.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > refreshment or invigoration > refresh or invigorate [verb (transitive)]
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to zip up1927
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to zizz up1944
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juice1964
1964 Time 23 Oct. 61 A thing like that can really juice you up.
1972 J. Mills Rep. to Commissioner 259 The departmental surgeon asked Jackson if he wanted him to give Lockley a shot of something, he meant juice him up a little, keep him from passing out.
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a. To extract the juice from (a fruit, vegetable, etc.).
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparing fruit and vegetables > prepare fruit and vegetables [verb (transitive)] > extract juice
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1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole ii. vi. 478 [Sage] being beaten and iuyced (rather than minced as manie doe) is put to a rosted Pigges braines.]
1950 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. xiv. 42 [S. Carolina word-list] Juice me these lemons.
1977 New Yorker 18 July 61/2 (advt.) These individual grapes together make up one sample which our field man ‘juices’ on the spot.
1982 Observer 31 Oct. 31/4 Lance Loud juices two pounds of spinach and two pounds of carrots daily.
1986 N.Y. Times 2 Mar. (Connecticut Weekly section) 18/2 Always grate the rind before juicing the fruit, not the other way round.
b. transferred and figurative. Cf. milk v. 5.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > dairy farming > dairy farm [verb (transitive)] > cause milk to flow
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the world > action or operation > advantage > be advantageous or beneficial to [verb (transitive)] > take advantage of > turn to account > exploit or milk (a situation)
juice1961
1915 Dial. Notes 4 227 Juice,..to milk. Formerly very common, this verb is now chiefly used facetiously (as ‘Juice the heifer’).
1961 New Left Rev. May 47/1 The actors..juiced the improvisational tendency in the play... Some of the minor characters were even playing for laughs.
1975 Business Week 17 Feb. 54/2 As was the case during last year's decline, some stocks have been juiced by tender offers.
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slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). Frequently with up.
a. transitive. To treat (a person or animal) with steroids or another performance-enhancing drug.
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1973 V. Teresa & T. C. Renner My Life in Mafia xv. 153 One might have bought a jockey, another might have juiced a horse.
1983 N.Y. Times 26 Aug. a20 The more lifetime comfort that comes from one gold medal or one good season, the more athletes are willing to juice themselves up.
2007 M. Oriard Brand NFL iii. 107 The chargers were already facing a lawsuit by a former player..for juicing him up.
b. intransitive. Of a person: to use steroids or another performance-enhancing drug.
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1988 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 24 June There has been a lot of talk that Ben has been coming to St. Kitts..and juicing up on steroids.
1999 L. D. Brodsky Yellow Bricks 46 They discovered he was juicing up before every game—anabolic steroids—mainlining that shit.
2009 Wall St. Jrnl. 9 Apr. a14/3 When home-run sluggers juiced and threatened the integrity of baseball, Congress went into extra innings with televised hearings.
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