/ˈsɪ.ɹəp/, /ˈsɪɹ.əp/, /ˈsɝ.əp/
OriginFrom Middle English sirup, from Old French sirop, from Medieval Latin siruppus, syrupus, from Arabic شَرَاب (šarāb, “a drink, beverage, wine, coffee, syrup”), from شَرِبَ (šariba, “to drink”). Doublet of sirop. Related to sorbet, sherbet, sharbat.
Compare French sirop, Italian siroppo, sciroppo, Spanish jarabe, jarope, Portuguese xarope, and Dutch siroop and stroop. The first known use of the spelling sirup was in the 14th century.
- countable, uncountableAny thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.
“maple syrup”
“pancake syrup”
“peaches in syrup”
- broadly, countable, uncountableAny viscous liquid.
“cough syrup”
“rose syrup”
- countable, figuratively, uncountableAnything 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.”
- Cockney, countable, slang, uncountableA wig.
- transitiveTo convert or process into syrup.
- transitiveTo add syrup to.
- transitiveTo sabotage (a vehicle) by pouring syrup into the gas tank.
Formssyrups(plural) · sirop(alternative) · sirup(alternative) · syrop(alternative) · syrups(present, singular, third-person) · syruping(participle, present) · syruped(participle, past) · syruped(past)