A Sugar
- (uncountable) Sucrose in the form of small crystals, obtained from sugar cane or sugar beet and used to sweeten food and drink.
- (countable) A specific variety of sugar.
- (countable, chemistry) Any of various small carbohydrates that are used by organisms to store energy.
Hypernyms: carbohydrate
- (countable) A small serving of this substance (typically about one teaspoon), used to sweeten a drink.
- (countable) A term of endearment.
Synonyms: sweetheart
- (countable, slang) A kiss. Synonyms: buss
- (chiefly southern US, slang, uncountable) Effeminacy in a male, often implying homosexuality.
- (uncountable, informal) Diabetes.
- (dated) Anything resembling sugar in taste or appearance, especially in chemistry.
- Compliment or flattery used to disguise or render acceptable something obnoxious; honeyed or soothing words.
- (US, slang, uncountable) Heroin.
Synonyms: heroin
- (US, slang, uncountable, dated) Money.
- (programming) Syntactic sugar.