Sekirov Dictionary

syrup

/ˈsɪ.ɹəp/

noun 4
verb 3
forms 3
phrases 1

noun4

•
Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.
- In Somerset, for example, the local farmers would often boil down the beet juice to create a honey tender, a viscous syrup that sweetened the harvest porridge. — 1922
Any viscous liquid.
•
(figurative) Anything overly sweet or sentimental.
- Eventually, he or his staunch public tired of his easy-listening syrup, so Price recorded gospel for the Myrrh label before semi-retiring to his Golden Cross Ranch in Texas. — 1990
(slang) A wig.

verb3

To add syrup to.
To sabotage (a vehicle) by pouring syrup into the gas tank.
To convert or process into syrup.

forms

syruped · syruping · syrups

Phrases with syrup

bucket of syrup
A sticky, difficult situation.

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