juicy
B1Meanings
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adj
full of juice
The tomatoes are so juicy that you should be careful when biting them.
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adj
lucrative or potentially beneficial
The musician negotiated a juicy contract with the record company, since they were so popular.
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adj
having strong sexual appeal
The juicy bartenders caught many of the patron's eyes.
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adj
Having lots of juice.
a juicy peach
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adj
Exciting; titillating.
Near-synonyms: saucy, spicy
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adj
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.
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adj
suggestive of sexual impropriety
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adj
Voluptuous, curvy, thick; sexy in those ways.
Etymology
From Middle English jousy, jowsy (“drunken”, literally “full of juice (liquor)”). By surface analysis, juic(e) + -y.
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