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Sugar

//ˈʃʊɡə(ɹ)// intj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Intj

1
Minced oath of shit.
"Oh, sugar!"

Proper Noun

1
A surname.

Noun

1
Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink. uncountable
"To a pound of gooseberries take a pound and a half of double-refined sugar. Clarify the sugar with water, a pint to a pound of sugar, and when the syrup is cold, put the gooseberries single in your preserving pan, put the syrup to them, and set them on a gentle fire."
2
radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter S.
3
a white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative wordnet
4
A specific variety of sugar. countable
"The experience of sugar planters in Louisiana this year in holding their sugars in warehouse for future sales at better prices has revealed again, as it has done heretofore, the fact that the presence of moisture in the sugars is inimical to their maintaining their standard of quality"
5
informal terms for money wordnet

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6
Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy. countable
"At the end of the second week there were less reducing sugars in the unpruned plants than in the previous week, but those in the pruned plants were the same."
7
an essential structural component of living cells and source of energy for animals; includes simple sugars with small molecules as well as macromolecular substances; are classified according to the number of monosaccharide groups they contain wordnet
8
A small serving of this substance (typically about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink. countable
"He usually has his coffee white with one sugar."
9
A term of endearment. countable
"I'll be with you in a moment, sugar."
10
Affection shown by kisses or kissing. slang, uncountable
"Gimme some sugar, baby."
11
Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality. Southern, US, slang, uncountable
"I think John has a little bit of sugar in him."
12
Diabetes. informal, uncountable
"One respondent said that he had been told by his doctor that he had 'sugar' and diabetes, thus affirming for him the distinctiveness of the two illnesses. The distinction made sense to some of them as the relationship between diabetes and 'sugar' seemed to relate to their experiences of the West Indies, where 'sugar' was believed to be rare and diabetes common."
13
Anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance, especially in chemistry. countable, dated, uncountable
"Sugar of lead (lead acetate) is a poisonous white crystalline substance with a sweet taste."
14
Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words. countable, uncountable
15
Heroin. US, slang, uncountable
16
Money. US, dated, slang, uncountable
17
Syntactic sugar. countable, uncountable
"However, this bookkeeping is much less local syntax and sugar."

Verb

1
To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar. transitive
"John heavily sugars his coffee."
2
sweeten with sugar wordnet
3
To make (something unpleasant) seem less so. transitive
"She has a gift for sugaring what would otherwise be harsh words."
4
In making maple sugar, to complete the process of boiling down the syrup till it is thick enough to crystallize; to approach or reach the state of granulation; with the preposition off. Canada, US, regional
"To sugar off, I prefer using a kettle that will hold about half a. barrel; and boil over a brisk, steady fire, till on dropping some of the syrup into cold water it will break like glass, then dip it into wooden trays to cool, and when it is grained stir it briskly."
5
To apply sugar to trees or plants in order to catch moths.
"Some entomologists assert that it is useless to sugar when ivy is in bloom."

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6
To rewrite (source code) using syntactic sugar. transitive
"You can sugar the syntax of constants thus: […]"
7
To compliment (a person). transitive
8
To remove hair using a paste of sugar, water, and lemon juice.

Etymology

Etymology 1

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā) Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara)bor. Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar)bor. Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre English sugar Inherited from Middle English sugre, borrowed from Old French çucre, borrowed from Old Italian zucchero, borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”). Akin to Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē, “pebble”), whence the words crocodile and krokodil are derived. Doublet of jaggery, sucro-, crocodile, and krokodil. The verb is from Middle English sugren, from the noun.

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Etymology 4

* As a Hungarian surname, from the noun sugár (“light ray”). * As a German and Jewish surname, semantic loan from German Zucker (“sugar”).

Etymology 5

* As a Hungarian surname, from the noun sugár (“light ray”). * As a German and Jewish surname, semantic loan from German Zucker (“sugar”).

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