as in to stimulate
to give life, vigor, or spirit to
some parlor games that will juice up an otherwise dull evening at home
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of juice up
Smart jokes are funny, while eye-rolling bits get the safety net of being corny as a result of desperate producers trying to juice up their franchise.
—
William Earl, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
This negates the need to lug a 4-lb (2-kg) brick around to juice up your bike; just a cable will do.
—New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2025
The Resale Impact of All Those Designer Moves While luxury brands have sought to juice up their businesses with designer changes all over the place, there was an echo effect on The RealReal, where searches for on-the-move design stars skyrocketed.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Harris gained 1,000 yards or more in four seasons with Pittsburgh and then signed with the Chargers during the offseason to juice up their lackluster ground game.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 1 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for juice up
William Earl, Variety, 6 Oct. 2025
This negates the need to lug a 4-lb (2-kg) brick around to juice up your bike; just a cable will do.
—New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2025
The Resale Impact of All Those Designer Moves While luxury brands have sought to juice up their businesses with designer changes all over the place, there was an echo effect on The RealReal, where searches for on-the-move design stars skyrocketed.
—Evan Clark, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
Harris gained 1,000 yards or more in four seasons with Pittsburgh and then signed with the Chargers during the offseason to juice up their lackluster ground game.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 1 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for juice up
Recent Examples of Synonyms for juice up
stimulate
Verb
-
Then, they are manually placed on Multi Electrode Arrays (MEAs), a grid of tiny electrodes on a biocompatible substrate chip that records and stimulates neurons using 32 electrodes grouped into four sets of eight.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
-
To wit, lymphatic brushes join the ranks of depuffing tools like gua shas, face rollers, and dry brushes; most working to stimulate lymphatic drainage, your body’s natural detoxification process.—
Emily Orofino,
Vogue,
5 Feb. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Juice up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/juice%20up. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
