Meaning & use
juicy
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Full of juice, or, informally, highly interesting because of scandalous or exciting detail.
See it in a sentence
She bit into a juicy, ripe orange.
He couldn't wait to tell his friends the juicy gossip he'd just heard.
A note on using this word
The food sense (a juicy steak) is literal, while the gossip sense (juicy details) is a common figurative extension used in casual conversation.
Words with a similar meaning
succulentsensational
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Words with an opposite meaning
dry
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