juicer

English

A traditional glass citrus reamer

Etymology

From juice + -er.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒusɚ/
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Noun

juicer (plural juicers)

  1. A manual or electrical device used for rendering the juice of fruits or vegetables.
  2. A person who extracts juice for consumption.
    A keen juicer, she has tried all kinds of fruits and vegetables.
  3. A (citrus) reamer.
  4. (slang) One who uses steroids.
  5. (slang) An alcoholic.
    • 2009 November 20, Stephen King, “Raymond Carver’s Life and Stories”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
      Like the perplexed lower-middle-class juicers who populate his stories, Carver never seemed to know where he was or why he was there.
  6. (slang, film) An electrician.

Derived terms

Translations

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English juicer.

Noun

juicer c (singular definite juiceren, plural indefinite juicere)

  1. A juicer, a manual or electrical device used for rendering the juice of fruits or vegetables.

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

juicer m

  1. indefinite plural of juice

Swedish

Noun

juicer

  1. indefinite plural of juice
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