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syrup

/ˈsɪɹ.əp/

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What does syrup mean?

noun

  1. Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.
  2. Any viscous liquid.
  3. (figuratively) Anything overly sweet or sentimental.
More meanings (4)

noun

  1. (slang) A wig.

verb

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

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈsɪɹ.əp/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈsɝ.əp/
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“So, my beauty,” said Hook, as if he spoke in syrup, “you are to see your children walk the plank.”
J. M. (James Matthew) BarriePeter Pan : $b [Peter and Wendy]Project Gutenberg ebook #16
By this process much glucose or syrup is formed, which is separated from the crystalline sucrose by rapidly revolving centrifugal machines.
Rufus P. (Rufus Phillips) WilliamsAn Introduction to Chemical ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #3708
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.
Wilkie CollinsThe MoonstoneProject Gutenberg ebook #155
The custom obtains at the present day among the Thibetans and various Mongolian tribes, who make a curious syrup of these ingredients.
Kakuzo OkakuraThe Book of TeaProject Gutenberg ebook #769
With no other food than the syrup extracted from the slain, I keep my insects going for a fortnight or three weeks.
Jean-Henri FabreMore Hunting WaspsTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #3462