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3 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Juicy \Jui"cy\, adjective [Compar. {Juicier}; superl. {Juiciest}.]
1. A bounding with juice; succulent. --Bacon.
2. Very profitable, or presenting the prospect of much
profit; as, a juicy job; a juicy sales contract; a juicy
customer ripe for the plucking. [Colloq.]
[PJC]
3. Very interesting, especially due to scandalous or
salacious nature; -- of information; as, juicy gossip.
[PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
juicy
adjective
1: full of juice [ant: {juiceless}]
2: having strong sexual appeal; "juicy barmaids"; "a red-hot
mama"; "a voluptuous woman" [syn: {luscious}, {red-hot}, {voluptuous}]
3: lucrative; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job" [syn: {fat}]
4: suggestive of sexual impropriety; "a blue movie"; "blue
jokes"; "he skips asterisks and gives you the gamy
details"; "a juicy scandal"; "a naughty wink"; "naughty
words"; "racy anecdotes"; "a risque story"; "spicy gossip"
[syn: {blue}, {gamy}, {gamey}, {naughty}, {racy}, {risque},
{spicy}]
[also: {juiciest}, {juicier}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
102 Moby Thesaurus words for "juicy":
agreeable, ambrosial, budding, callow, colorful, dainty,
delectable, delicate, delicious, delightful, dewy, exciting,
exquisite, fascinating, flavorsome, flowing, fluent, fluid,
fluidal, fluidic, fluxible, fluxile, fluxional, fluxionary, good,
good to eat, good-tasting, green, growing, gustable, gusty,
immature, impubic, inexperienced, ingenuous, innocent, intact,
interesting, intriguing, inviting, likable, liquid, liquidy,
lively, lurid, luscious, lush, minor, moist, naive, nectareous,
nectarous, new-fledged, nice, of gourmet quality, palatable,
piquant, pleasing, provocative, provoking, racy, raw, readable,
rich, ripening, risque, runny, sapid, sappy, savorous, savory,
scrumptious, sensational, spicy, stimulating, stirring, succulent,
suggestive, tantalizing, tasty, tender, thought-challenging,
thought-inspiring, thought-provoking, thrilling, tickling,
titillating, toothsome, unadult, underage, undeveloped, unfledged,
unformed, unlicked, unmellowed, unripe, unseasoned, vernal,
virginal, vivid, watery, yummy
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