juice
- noun
- /dʒuːs/
- Informal
- The new gaming console needs more juice than the old one to run smoothly.
- enough juice
- turn on the juice
My phone charges with more juice than that.
- My phone charges with more juice than that.
- My team, my Spartan team says I'm very much like a battery on your phone that's like just out of juice but doesn't die somehow.
Examples
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We have two, but we don't have the juice to run them. # PICARD #
Fiction book (1994) -
I knew we were pulling too much juice on that line.
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Jim nods, gives the engine some juice, and they move on.
Fiction book (1998) -
And chances are when you're using a power bank, you need juice quickly.
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Now, looking at the emptied shelves, more fears erupted: I don't have enough juice to keep me going alone.
Academic text (2010) -
When the storm hit, we lost power and were left without any juice for hours.
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After the update, our home assistant uses a lot less juice while in standby mode.
Idioms
A saying that praises darker skin as more beautiful or valuable
Compounds
- Specialized
The stomach and other parts make a liquid that helps break food into smaller parts
A frozen concentrate of orange juice that you mix with water before drinking
- Informal
A comforting drink with alcohol or strong coffee that parents drink to relax
- Specialized
A clear fluid from an organ behind the stomach that helps digest starch, protein, and fat
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Etymology
The word juice is used for electricity by comparison to a flowing liquid of power, so people call electrical power 'juice' when a device has energy to run. That's why saying a battery has no 'juice' means it has no power.