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bug juice

bug juice noun: an artificially fruit-flavored beverage, made from a powdered concentrate and water, that is often served at American residential camps; Kool-Aid or a generic equivalent.

Noun

bug juice (uncountable)

  1. (US) An artificially fruit-flavored beverage, made from a powdered concentrate and water, that is often served at American residential camps; Kool-Aid or a generic equivalent.
  2. (US, slang) Insect repellent.
  3. (US, slang) Moonshine (an illicitly distilled alcoholic beverage).

Questions about bug juice

What does bug juice mean?
Bug juice means an artificially fruit-flavored beverage, made from a powdered concentrate and water, that is often served at American residential camps; Kool-Aid or a generic equivalent.
What part of speech is bug juice?
Bug juice is a noun.

Words near bug juice in the dictionary

  1. bug guy
  2. bug hotel
  3. bug hotels
  4. bug in
  5. bug in one's bonnet
  6. bug juice
  7. bug lady
  8. bug man
  9. bug nation
  10. bug nations
  11. bug off

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