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syrups

syrups is the plural of syrup.

syrups is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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.

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Phrases with syrups

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Questions about syrups

What is syrups the plural of?
Syrups is the plural of syrup.

Words near syrups in the dictionary

  1. syrupily
  2. syrupiness
  3. syruping
  4. syrupless
  5. syruplike
  6. syrups
  7. syrups of figs
  8. syrupy
  9. Syrus
  10. Syryenian
  11. Syryenians

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