juicy
Americanadjective
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full of juice; succulent.
a juicy pear.
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very profitable, appealing, interesting, satisfying, or substantive.
a juicy contract; a juicy part in a movie.
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very interesting or colorful, especially when slightly scandalous or improper.
a juicy bit of gossip.
- Synonyms:
- lurid, sensational, titillating, risqué, racy
adjective
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full of juice
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provocatively interesting; spicy
juicy gossip
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slang voluptuous or seductive
she's a juicy bit
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profitable
a juicy contract
Other Word Forms
- juicily adverb
- juiciness noun
- unjuicily adverb
- unjuicy adjective
Etymology
Origin of juicy
1400–50; late Middle English j ( o ) usy full of liquor. See juice, -y 1
Example Sentences
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“All right. We’re alone now, so talk. I want all the juicy details.”
From Literature
Posted daily on TikTok, the nonsensical one minute-long episodes featuring this juicy cast have attracted hundreds of millions of viewers in a matter of weeks.
From BBC
This is about as juicy as things get.
“It’s juicy, it’s delicious, it has a really great texture, it’s just logistically a little more forgiving.”
She has talked about the difficulty of finding juicy roles in her later years.
From Barron's
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