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Juicy

//ˈd͡ʒuːsi// adj, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having lots of juice.

    "a juicy peach"

  2. 2
    Exciting; titillating. figuratively, usually

    "Near-synonyms: saucy, spicy"

  3. 3
    Voluptuous, curvy, thick; sexy in those ways. slang
  4. 4
    Strong; thus, also painful. uncommon, usually

    "“Your head feels funny, doesn't it?” “It does rather,” I said, the bump I had given it had been a juicy one, and the temples were throbbing."

Adjective
  1. 1
    abounding in juice wordnet
  2. 2
    lucrative wordnet
  3. 3
    suggestive of sexual impropriety wordnet
  4. 4
    having strong sexual appeal wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English jousy, jowsy (“drunken”, literally “full of juice (liquor)”). By surface analysis, juic(e) + -y.

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