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syrup

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Scrabble points
10
Words With Friends
11
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈsɪ.ɹəp/
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/ˈsɪ.ɹəp/ · /ˈsɪɹ.əp/ · /ˈsɝ.əp/ · /ˈsɪ.ɾəp/

Definition of syrup

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.
    “maple syrup”
    “pancake syrup”
    “peaches in syrup”
    “With jellies soother than the creamy curd, / And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon; [...]”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.
    “maple syrup”
    “pancake syrup”
    “peaches in syrup”
    “With jellies soother than the creamy curd, / And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon; [...]”
  2. (broadly, countable, uncountable)Any viscous liquid.
    “cough syrup”
    “rose syrup”
  3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable)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.”
  4. (Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable)A wig.

verb

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

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From Middle English sirup, from Old French sirop, from Medieval Latin siruppus, syrupus, from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), from شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”). Doublet of…

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From Middle English sirup, from Old French sirop, from Medieval Latin siruppus, syrupus, from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), from شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”). Doublet of sirop. Related to sorbet, sherbet, sharbat. Compare French sirop, Italian siroppo, sciroppo, Spanish jarabe, jarope, Portuguese xarope, and Dutch siroop and stroop. The first known use of the spelling sirup was in the 14th century.

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