Juicy vs Minnow - What's the difference?
juicy | minnow |
having lots of juice
(of a story, etc. ) exciting, interesting, or enticing
(of a blow, strike, etc. ) strong, painful
* 1960:' ''“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.'' (, ''(Jeeves in the Offing) , chapter V)
* 1960:' ''Years ago, when striplings, he and I had done a stretch together at Malvern House, Bramley-on-Sea, the preparatory school conducted by that prince of stinkers, Aubrey Upjohn MA, and had frequently stood side by side in the Upjohn study awaiting the receipt of six of the '''juiciest from a cane of the type that biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder, as the fellow said.'' (, ''(Jeeves in the Offing) , chapter I)
A small freshwater fish of the carp family.
More generally, any small fish.
(football) A low-level team, in comparison to their opponents.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=January 29
, author=Chris Bevan
, title=Torquay 0 - 1 Crawley Town
, work=BBC
(fishing) to fish minnows
(fishing) to fish (especially trout) using a minnow as bait
As an adjective juicy
is having lots of juice.As a noun minnow is
a small freshwater fish of the carp family.As a verb minnow is
to fish minnows.juicy
English
Adjective
(er)- a juicy peach
- I do not keep up with all the latest juicy rumors.
Antonyms
* unjuicyDerived terms
* juicinessminnow
English
(wikipedia minnow)Alternative forms
* (l), (l) * (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)Noun
(en noun)citation, page= , passage=Having spent more than £500,000 on players last summer, Crawley can hardly be classed as minnows but they have still punched way above their weight and this kind of performance means no-one will relish pulling them out of the hat in Sunday's draw.}}
