juiced

1. 1
   adjective

   Having had the juice extracted by squeezing or pressing.

   The juiced limes were set aside while the bartender mixed the drinks.

   A bowl of juiced grapefruit halves sat draining by the sink.

   Similarpressed

2. 2
   adjective

   Using anabolic steroids, especially to build muscle or enhance athletic performance.

   Several sprinters in that era were widely assumed to be juiced.

   He later admitted he was juiced for most of his competitive career.

   Similardoped

   Oppositeclean

   Note

   Gym and locker-room shorthand for steroid use. In bodybuilding it marks the line between a steroid user and a natural, drug-free competitor. The word is rarely neutral. Calling an athlete juiced is usually an accusation, and saying it of yourself is usually an admission. Either way, it carries a charge that a clinical phrase like anabolic steroid use does not.

3. 3
   adjectiveslang

   Feeling excited and worked up, often in anticipation of something.

   The fans were juiced as the band finally took the stage.

   She felt completely juiced walking into the interview.

   Similarexcited, enthusiastic, eager, energetic, keen

   Oppositebored, apathetic, unenthusiastic

   Note

   It is slang for being keyed up, usually just before something happens: a game, a show, a big night. Like excited, it takes about for the thing you are looking forward to, as in juiced about tonight's game. The tone is casual and upbeat, so it suits talk among friends or teammates rather than a cover letter.

   The whole team was juiced about the playoff game.

   Everyone in the dorm is juiced about the concert tonight.

4. 4
   adjectiveslang

   Drunk; intoxicated by alcohol.

   He was too juiced to drive home safely after the reception.

   Half the wedding guests were juiced by the time the cake was cut.

   Similarbesotted, boozy, blasted, bombed, blitzed

   Oppositesober

   Note

   Party slang that belongs in casual talk, not formal writing. It usually signals a marked degree of drunkenness rather than mild tipsiness. It mostly follows a verb, as in too juiced to drive or juiced by midnight. In a sports setting the same word can just as easily mean the steroid meaning, so let the context make clear which kind of juice is meant.

5. 5
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of juice.

   The chef juiced the beets and carrots for the morning special.

   They juiced crates of apples at the cider mill last fall.

   Note

   One spelling serves both the past tense and the participle, but the verbs behind it behave differently. The kitchen and "energize" meanings are transitive (she juiced the lemons), so they also form passives. The steroid meaning is intransitive (he juiced for years) and has no passive. A slang sexual meaning is also transitive, so a sentence with a person as the object can be read that way.

6. 6
   adjective

   In baseball, having a baserunner on each of the three bases at once; bases loaded.

   The bases were juiced when their best hitter stepped up to the plate.

   A single and two walks left the bases juiced in the bottom of the ninth.

   Similarloaded, full

   Oppositeempty

   Note

   Baseball has more than one way to say every base is occupied, and juiced is the punchier cousin of loaded. It almost always follows bases, as in the bases are juiced or with the bases juiced. The situation matters because any safe hit can drive in runs.

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