to spice
- verb
- /spaɪs/
- Informal
- Imagine how a video sequence including this movement and sound would spice up your show!
Examples
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I hope that Miles can do something to spice it up starting now in post.
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...and nothing like a little variety to spice things up.
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It's time to spice things up a bit.
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We're going to spice things up, all right?
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We can spice things up.
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Nothing like a little danger to spice up your love life.
Fiction book (1991) -
Thinking about how to spice up your copyright lessons?
Academic text (2009) -
Find other ways to spice up your marriage, talk to your husband about your intimacy.
Blog text (13) -
To be honest, I didn't really think that Liz was interested in Tracy's husband, but dinner was getting a little bit boring, so I thought I'd spice things up a little bit.
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To surprise her friends, she decided to spice the party with some fun games.
Synonyms
To make something more interesting or exciting
Make something more active and interesting
To add small interesting details to something to make it more lively
To make something more exciting or interesting
To put a liquid on food or make something more lively
To add a spicy root to food or to make something more lively
To make something more lively or bright
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Compounds
A ground Chinese spice mix made from star anise, fennel, pepper, cloves and cinnamon
- US
A small bush from eastern North America with leaves that have a strong smell and red or yellow berries
- US
A tree that grows by the coast with aromatic leaves, fruit like olives, and very hard wood
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Etymology
To spice something up follows the same idea from species 'a special kind', so to spice up a show or routine is to make it more exciting or special.