juicy
adjectivecommon in dialogue
- //ˈd͡ʒuːsi//
Having lots of juice.
adjective
- 1
Having lots of juice.
a juicy peach
a juicy pot roast
- 2
figurativeExciting; titillating.
Near-synonyms: saucy, spicy
I do not keep up with all the latest juicy rumors.
I like getting my teeth into a nice juicy problem.
'Ah, but our conscience, my dear Bond. What shall we do with him while we are committing some juicy sin? That is a problem.'
- 3
slangVoluptuous, curvy, thick; sexy in those ways.
- 4
Strong; thus, also painful.
“Your head feels funny, doesn't it?” “It does rather,” I said, the bump I had given it had been a juicy one, and the temples were throbbing.
Years ago, when striplings, he and I had done a stretch together at Malvern House, Bramley-on-Sea, the preparatory school conducted by that prince of stinkers, Aubrey Upjohn MA, and had frequently stood side by side in the Upjohn study awaiting the receipt of six of the juiciest from a cane of the type that biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder, as the fellow said.
- 5
slangMuscular due to steroid use.
Etymology
From Middle English jousy, jowsy (“drunken”, literally “full of juice (liquor)”). By surface analysis, juic(e) + -y.
Forms
- comparative
- juicier
- superlative
- juiciest