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syrup
/ˈsɪɹ.əp/
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What does syrup mean?
noun
- Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.
- Any viscous liquid.
- (figuratively) Anything overly sweet or sentimental.
More meanings (4)
noun
- (slang) A wig.
verb
- To convert or process into syrup.
- To add syrup to.
- To sabotage (a vehicle) by pouring syrup into the gas tank.
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IPA pronunciation
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“So, my beauty,” said Hook, as if he spoke in syrup, “you are to see your children walk the plank.”
By this process much glucose or syrup is formed, which is separated from the crystalline sucrose by rapidly revolving centrifugal machines.
More book examples (3)
I gave him a dose of syrup of buckthorn, and put him on a diet of pot-liquor and vegetables till further orders.
The custom obtains at the present day among the Thibetans and various Mongolian tribes, who make a curious syrup of these ingredients.
With no other food than the syrup extracted from the slain, I keep my insects going for a fortnight or three weeks.