Associations to the word «Sugar»

SUGAR, noun. (uncountable) Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink.

SUGAR, noun. (countable) When used to sweeten a drink, an amount of this substance approximately equal to five grams or one teaspoon.

SUGAR, noun. (countable) (chemistry) Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy.

SUGAR, noun. (countable) A generic term for sucrose, glucose, fructose, etc.

SUGAR, noun. (countable) A term of endearment.

SUGAR, noun. (countable) (slang) A kiss.

SUGAR, noun. (chiefly southern US) (slang) (uncountable) Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality.

SUGAR, noun. (uncountable) (informal) Diabetes.

SUGAR, noun. (by extension) Anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance.

SUGAR, noun. Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.

SUGAR, verb. (transitive) To add sugar to; to sweeten with sugar.

SUGAR, verb. (transitive) To make (something unpleasant) seem less so.

SUGAR, verb. (US) (regional) 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.

SUGAR, interjection. (informal) (euphemistic) Used in place of shit!

SUGAR ALCOHOL, noun. A hydrogenated form of carbohydrate, whose carbonyl group has been reduced to a primary or secondary hydroxyl group; sugar alcohols are commonly used as sugar substitutes in food, often in combination with artificial sweeteners.

SUGAR ALCOHOLS, noun. Plural of sugar alcohol

SUGAR AND SPICE, noun. Two things who are dramatically different from each other.

SUGAR APPLE, noun. Sweetsop, Annona squamosa, a West Indian tree or its fruit.

SUGAR APPLES, noun. Plural of sugar apple

SUGAR BABIES, noun. Plural of sugar baby

SUGAR BABY, noun. The younger recipient (usually female or a bottom) of interest from a sugar daddy or sugar mama, especially financial and romantic in an intergenerational relationship

SUGAR BABY, noun. A term of endearment; sweetheart.

SUGAR BEET, noun. A type of beet whose root contains a high concentration of sucrose.

SUGAR BEETS, noun. Plural of sugar beet

SUGAR BOWL, noun. A small receptacle for serving sugar on a table or on a tray.

SUGAR BOWLS, noun. Plural of sugar bowl

SUGAR BUSH, noun. An evergreen shrub found in south-western United States of America, Rhus ovata.

SUGAR BUSH, noun. (North America) A forest of sugar maples or other trees tapped for sugar.

SUGAR CANDY, noun. (US) candy, confectionery

SUGAR CANDY, noun. Crystals of sucrose

SUGAR CANE, noun. A tropical grass of the genus Saccharum (especially the species Saccharum officinarum) having stout, fibrous, jointed stalks, the sap of which is a source of sugar.

SUGAR CANE, noun. An edible candy in the shape of a cane.

SUGAR CANES, noun. Plural of sugar cane

SUGAR COATED, adjective. (idiomatic) Alternative spelling of sugarcoated (altered to seem better than it really is, made more attractive.)

SUGAR COOKIE, noun. (US) (Canada) A cookie with granules of sugar sprinkled on the top before baking.

SUGAR COOKIES, noun. Plural of sugar cookie

SUGAR CREEK, proper noun. A creek, a tributary of the Driftwood River, in Indiana.

SUGAR CREEK, proper noun. A different creek, a tributary of the Wabash River, in Indiana.

SUGAR CREEK, proper noun. A stream in Tennessee, a tributary of Duck River.

SUGAR CREEK, proper noun. A stream in Minnesota.

SUGAR CREEK, proper noun. A tributary of the Tuscarawas River in Ohio.

SUGAR CREEK, proper noun. A tributary of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania.

SUGAR CREEK, proper noun. Alternative form of Sugaw Creek

SUGAR CUBE, noun. Sugar shaped in cubes (or approximate cubes), often used for coffee or tea

SUGAR CUBES, noun. Plural of sugar cube

SUGAR DADDIES, noun. Plural of sugar daddy

SUGAR DADDY, noun. (slang) A man who spends money for the benefit of a relationship with an often younger romantic or sexual partner.

SUGAR DIABETES, noun. (informal) (dated) Diabetes mellitus.

SUGAR FEAST, proper noun. Eid al Fitr

SUGAR GLIDER, noun. Petaurus breviceps, an insectivorous gliding Australian arboreal marsupial.

SUGAR GLIDERS, noun. Plural of sugar glider

SUGAR HIGH, noun. A state of hyperactivity caused by excessive consumption of sugar.

SUGAR HIGHS, noun. Plural of sugar high

SUGAR HONEY ICE TEA, interjection. (euphemistic) shit!

SUGAR HOUSE, noun. Alternative spelling of sugarhouse

SUGAR LOAF, noun. Alternative spelling of sugar-loaf

SUGAR LOAVES, noun. Plural of sugar loaf

SUGAR MAMA, noun. An older woman who spends money on a younger person

SUGAR MAMAS, noun. Plural of sugar mama

SUGAR MAMMA, noun. Alternative spelling of sugar mama

SUGAR MAPLE, noun. A North American hardwood, Acer saccharum, famed as the source of maple sugar and maple flavoring.

SUGAR MAPLES, noun. Plural of sugar maple

SUGAR MICE, noun. Plural of sugar mouse

SUGAR MILL, noun. A machine for pressing out the juice of the sugar cane.

SUGAR MILL, noun. A factory that processes sugar cane or sugar beet to produce sugar.

SUGAR MOMMA, noun. Alternative spelling of sugar mama

SUGAR MOMMY, noun. Alternative spelling of sugar mama

SUGAR MOUSE, noun. A traditional sweet, based on icing sugar, in the shape of a mouse, often fitted with a piece of string for a tail.

SUGAR MUMMY, noun. Alternative spelling of sugar mama

SUGAR OF LEAD, noun. (chemistry) plumbous acetate

SUGAR OF MILK, noun. Lactose, a disaccharide found in milk.

SUGAR OF SATURN, noun. (obsolete) (chemistry) Sugar of lead.

SUGAR OFF, verb. (intransitive) To reduce maple sap by boiling to make maple syrup, maple sugar or maple toffee.

SUGAR PAPER, noun. Construction paper.

SUGAR PAPERS, noun. Plural of sugar paper

SUGAR PARENT, noun. (slang) A person who spends money for the benefit of a younger person, typically in exchange for companionship and/or sexual favors.

SUGAR PARENTS, noun. Plural of sugar parent

SUGAR PEA, noun. (US) A vegetable pea eaten when immature, mangetout.

SUGAR PEAS, noun. Plural of sugar pea

SUGAR PHOSPHATE, noun. (organic chemistry) Any phosphate ester of a sugar, many of which are used as a source of biochemical energy

SUGAR PIE, noun. A single-crust pie with a filling made from flour, butter, salt, vanilla, and cream, and sometimes brown sugar or maple syrup.

SUGAR PIES, noun. Plural of sugar pie

SUGAR PILL, noun. Used other than as an idiom: see sugar,‎ pill.

SUGAR PILL, noun. A placebo medication.

SUGAR PILLS, noun. Plural of sugar pill

SUGAR PINE, noun. Pinus lambertiana, the largest species of pine, native to California and Oregon; particularly noted for its huge, distinctive cone.

SUGAR PINES, noun. Plural of sugar pine

SUGAR PLUM, noun. Alternative spelling of sugar-plum

SUGAR PLUMS, noun. Plural of sugar plum

SUGAR RUSH, noun. A state of hyperactivity caused by excessive consumption of sugar.

SUGAR RUSHES, noun. Plural of sugar rush

SUGAR SCOOP, noun. (nautical) (informal) a reverse transom which flexes inwardly, usually with swim steps

SUGAR SHACK, noun. A building where sap from a sugarbush is boiled down to make maple syrup.

SUGAR SHACKS, noun. Plural of sugar shack

SUGAR SKULL, noun. (in Mexico) A brightly coloured skull face icon, placed on the grave of the deceased to celebrate their life during festivals and feast days.

SUGAR SKULL, noun. A more modern design of the same style, often done as a tattoo, and normally darker coloured and more macabre.

SUGAR SOAP, noun. An extremely powerful detergent used for washing surfaces prior to painting.

SUGAR SPOON, noun. A spoon, similar in size and shape to a teaspoon, used for serving granulated sugar.

SUGAR SQUIRREL, noun. (archaic) sugar glider

SUGAR SUBSTITUTE, noun. A food additive that replicates the sweetness of sugar but is not sugar.

SUGAR SUBSTITUTES, noun. Plural of sugar substitute

SUGAR THERMOMETER, noun. A thermometer that is used to measure the temperature of heated sugar syrup during the preparation of caramel and similar products

SUGAR TIT, noun. A baby's pacifier consisting of a spoonful of sugar or honey in a small patch of cloth which is then twisted to form a bulb and secured with twine etc.

SUGAR TITS, noun. Plural of sugar tit

SUGAR WALLS, noun. (slang) (vulgar) The vagina.

SUGAR WALLS, noun. (slang) (vulgar) (by extension) The rectum, especially in relation to anal sex.

SUGAR WATER, noun. Water sweetened with sugar.

SUGAR, noun. A white crystalline carbohydrate used as a sweetener and preservative.

SUGAR, noun. 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.

SUGAR, noun. Informal terms for money.

SUGAR, verb. Sweeten with sugar; "sugar your tea".