noun
syrup
SIH-ruhp
noun
1
A thick, sugary liquid poured over food or used as a sweetener.
"She drizzled maple syrup over the pancakes."
"The cough medicine had a thick, syrup-like consistency."
2
Something regarded as overly sweet or sentimental.
"Critics dismissed the film's ending as pure syrup."
How to Use Syrup
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA thick, sweet liquid, or figuratively anything overly sentimental.
Common pairings
maple syrup
corn syrup
cough syrup
Word Forms
syruped past tense, syrups plural, syrups singular
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Etymology
From Old French sirop, from Medieval Latin syrupus, ultimately from Arabic sharab, "a drink" — the same root behind "sherbet" and "sorbet."