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juicy

[ joo-see ]

adjective

, juic·i·er, juic·i·est.
  1. full of juice; succulent:

    a juicy pear.

  2. very profitable, appealing, interesting, satisfying, or substantive:

    a juicy contract; a juicy part in a movie.

  3. very interesting or colorful, especially when slightly scandalous or improper:

    a juicy bit of gossip.

    Synonyms: lurid, sensational, titillating, risqué, racy



juicy

/ ˈdʒuːsɪ /

adjective

  1. full of juice
  2. provocatively interesting; spicy

    juicy gossip

  3. slang.
    voluptuous or seductive

    she's a juicy bit

  4. profitable

    a juicy contract



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Derived Forms

  • ˈjuiciness, noun
  • ˈjuicily, adverb

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Other Words From

  • juici·ly adverb
  • juici·ness noun
  • un·juici·ly adverb
  • un·juicy adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of juicy1

1400–50; late Middle English j ( o ) usy full of liquor. See juice, -y 1

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Example Sentences

Eight bucks gets you a couple of biscuits sturdy enough to support juicy, slow-roasted pork but tender where you want them to be.

I’m thinking about these lines as I bite into a piece of fried chicken — the thinly breaded skin crispy, the inside juicy enough that I need to wipe my lips — while sitting in front of Gumbo Yaya.

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The juicy version we eat today is the result of thousands of years of breeding and selection.

Its most juicy revelation is that, when he was young Fauci loved basketball.

Shawarma-Spiced Chicken Thighs with Roasted Radishes Recipe Shawarma-Spiced Chicken Thighs with Roasted Radishes These juicy and crispy pan-roasted chicken thighs are rubbed with the spices commonly used for rotisserie-cooked shawarma meat.

You must have been pretty stoked when you found out that Cary would have such a big, juicy arc this season.

All these debates and doings made for juicy news, and the men of the local staff, ably bossed by Callahan, poured it out daily.

You were really the first person to give him a juicy leading role, in Chasing Amy.

Gillian Flynn, the bestselling suspense writer of Gone Girl, has also spun out a juicy thriller.

Anything involving that obscene level of cash will definitely have juicy stories behind it.

The boy backed away from him, and stood a little distance off, holding out a nice, juicy potato this time.

The sun was palely shining upon dry, clean pavements and upon roads juicy with black mud.

This fruit is of the best description; it is full and juicy, and has a long, broad kernel in the middle.

I was just thinking how lovely it would be to sit down before a large, juicy beefsteak, said Tootles incorrigibly.

The result was that the sheep came right up to the door to nibble the young and juicy grass.

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