noun
juice
Steroid drugs used illicitly to improve physical performance.
The documentary uses juice as slang for illicit performance-enhancing steroids.
Etymology
The drug slang applies juice to performance-enhancing preparations, especially injected ones. It combines the liquid image with the broader slang association of juice and added power.
More examples
- The athlete denied taking juice.
- The report connected the term juice with doping.
- The coach warned against using juice.
Forms
juice
Similar words
- steroids
- The specific drug category; juice is slang in this sense.