FromMiddle Englishjousy,jowsy(“drunken”, literally“full of juice (liquor)”), equivalent tojuice +-y.
juicy (comparativejuicier,superlativejuiciest)
- Having lots ofjuice.
- Antonyms:dry,unjuicy;dried,dried out,dried up
- Coordinate terms:watery,oily
ajuicy peach
ajuicy pot roast
- (of astory, etc.)Exciting;titillating.
- Antonym:unjuicy
- Near-synonyms:saucy,spicy
I do not keep up with all the latestjuicy rumors.
2014 November 12, James Martin, “Confessions of a Catholic priest”, inCNN[1]:If you’re looking forjuicier confessions – that is, admissions of the kinds of sins unearthed on detective shows or reality TV – then you’ll want to look elsewhere. My sinning life is rather uneventful.
2018 December 5, Chris Cillizza, “The 5 juiciest redactions in Michael Flynn’s sentencing document”, inCNN[2]:Here are the fivejuiciest redactions from the Flynn sentencing document, with some context and a smidge of informed speculation about What It All Means.
2021 August 20, Brian Lowry, “‘Gossip’ charts how tabloid tattlers ‘escaped from their cages’ and rippled through the media”, inCNN[3]:“Gossip” is about a lot more than justjuicy tidbits and the columnists that peddle them, presenting a multifaceted look at gossip’s role in the newspaper/media ecosystem and at Rupert Murdoch’s enterprises in particular.
- (slang)Voluptuous,curvy,thick;sexy in those ways.
- Synonyms:luscious;see alsoThesaurus:sexy
- Antonyms:scrawny,unjuicy
- (of a blow, strike, etc., uncommon) Strong; thus, also painful.
- Antonym:light
- Coordinate term:glancing
1960, (P. G. Wodehouse, “chapter V”, inJeeves in the Offing:“Your head feels funny, doesn't it?”
“It does rather,” I said, the bump I had given it had been ajuicy one, and the temples were throbbing.
1960,P. G. Wodehouse, “chapter I”, inJeeves in the Offing: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 thejuiciest from a cane of the type that biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder, as the fellow said.
