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sirrup

sirrup is the obsolete spelling of syrup.

Meaning of syrup

Noun

syrup (countable and uncountable, plural syrups)

  1. Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.
    • maple syrup
  2. (broadly) Any viscous liquid.
    • cough syrup
  3. (figuratively) 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, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 266
  4. (Cockney, slang, shortened from "syrup of figs") A wig.

See all 7 meanings of syrup

Questions about sirrup

What is sirrup the obsolete spelling of?
Sirrup is the obsolete spelling of syrup.

Words near sirrup in the dictionary

  1. sirred
  2. sirree
  3. sirrees
  4. sirring
  5. sirris
  6. sirrup
  7. sirrush
  8. sirrushes
  9. sirs
  10. Sirsa
  11. SIRT

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