straight

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straight

1. adjective, slang Heterosexual. We all wondered if he was straight or not. I don't think there was a single straight woman at the concert.

2. adjective, slang Not under the effects or influence of drugs or alcohol; sober. I've been on a bender all weekend. Now I need to get straight before the big board meeting.

3. adjective, slang Feeling relieved or functional from the ingestion of drugs or alcohol. I just need a quick line of coke to get me straight, then I'm off the stuff for good! Here, drink this whiskey. It'll help get you straight.

4. adjective, slang Having no debt owed to or by someone else. Just buy me lunch and we'll be straight. Sound good? Here's that $50 I owed you. I wanted us to be straight before I moved.

5. adjective, slang Traditional or conservative (in morals, politics, faith, etc.). My parents are the straightest people I know, so I was shocked to learn that they regularly smoked weed in college. He used to have some pretty outlandish views during college, but he's gotten rather straight as he's gotten older.

6. adjective, slang Having no more cause for quarrel, disagreement, or misunderstanding. A: "How're things with you and Brian? Did you get things worked out?" B: "Yeah, we're straight."

7. noun, slang A heterosexual person. Usually used in the plural. We don't get too many straights in this bar.

8. noun, slang A normal, conventional, or conservative person; a square. Usually used in the plural. The straights running this city are trying to clamp down on the makeshift communities occupying abandoned land. I always wore the craziest outfits I could come up with during high school. The bemused looks I got from the straights never ceased to amuse me.

Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

straight

1. mod. honest; unembellished. Have I ever been anything but straight with you?

2. n. a tobacco cigarette; a tobacco cigarette butt. (see also slim.) No, I want a straight. That spliff makes me sneeze.

3. mod. having to do with undiluted liquor. I’ll take mine straight.

4. mod. relieved and satisfied by a dose of drugs. (Drugs.) She will be straight for a few hours, and then the same struggle all over again—all through the night.

5. mod. off drugs; no longer addicted to drugs. I’m straight now, and I’m gonna stay that way.

6. n. a square person (who does not use drugs, etc.). The straights are putting pressure on city hall to clean up this neighborhood.

7. n. a nonhomosexual; a heterosexual. (Often from the homosexual point of view.) Walter invited a few straights to the affair, just to keep things calm.

8. mod. not homosexual; not having a homosexual orientation. He wandered into a straight bar by mistake.

9. mod. excellent. This news is truly straight and I am happy to hear it.

10. mod. satisfied; having enough food or anything. Another beer? No thanks. I’m straight.

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions

See:

(as) straight as a die
(as) straight as a ramrod
(as) straight as an arrow
(straight) from central casting
(straight) from the horse's mouth
(straight) out of central casting
a straight arrow
a straight face
a straight fight
be as straight as a die
be on the straight and narrow
can't see straight
can't think straight
couldn't lie straight in bed
damn straight
Damn straight!
from the horse's mouth
from the horse's mouth, straight
get (one's) priorities right
get (one's) priorities straight
get (one's)/the facts straight
get (something) straight from the horse's mouth
get right
get something right/straight
get something straight
get straight
get straight from the horse's mouth
get straight to the point
get the facts straight
get your priorities right/straight
give it to
give it to (one) straight
give it to me straight
go (straight) to the top
go straight
go straight, to
have (one's)/the facts straight
hear (something) straight from the horse's mouth
keep (something) straight (in one's mind/head)
keep (two or more people) straight (in one's mind/head)
keep a straight face
keep a straight face, to
keep on the straight and narrow
keep people straight
keep things straight
keep to the straight and narrow
keep to, stay on, etc. the straight and narrow
let's get one thing straight
let's get something straight
look straight through (one)
not see straight
on the home straight
on the home straight/stretch
on the straight and narrow
play a straight bat
play fair
play fair/straight
play it straight
play straight
put oneself straight
put something straight
put straight
put the record straight
put/set somebody straight
put/set the record straight
ramrod straight
right off the bat
right out
scare (someone) straight
set (one) straight
set (something) straight
set straight
set the record straight
shoot straight
stay on the straight and narrow
stay to the straight and narrow
straight
straight and narrow, (walk) the
straight and narrow, the
straight arrow
straight A's
straight as a die
straight as an arrow
straight away
straight dope
straight face
straight from the horse’s mouth
straight from the shoulder
straight goods
straight low
straight man
straight off
straight off the bat
straight off/out
straight out
straight out of the chute
straight shooter
straight shooter, a
straight talk
straight ticket
straight up
straight woman
straight-A
straightaway
straight-faced
the home straight
the home stretch
the straight and narrow
the straight dope
the straight goods
the straight low
think straight
vote a straight ticket
you cannot make a crab walk straight

References in periodicals archive

Old Pogue Masters Select Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 45.5% abv.

Giving it to them straight: why America's straight whiskeys continue to grow and, more importantly, intrigue drinkers around the world

Through a massive media, public relations, and advertising "propaganda campaign." "Gays must launch a large-scale campaign--we've called it the Waging Peace campaign--to reach straights through the mainstream media," the co-authors wrote.

Subversion through perversion: the spreading homosexual degeneracy in our culture is not the result of natural moral decay; it is the manifestation of planned revolution by a subversive elite

Conservatives may argue that allowing gay marriage endangers matrimony for straights; in fact, creating alternatives to marriage, inch as civil unions, is far more likely to undermine the institution of marriage.

Dire straights: why outlawing marriage for gays will undermine marriage for all

I hope that, besides the three chapters of Straight Talk in the southern Ontario area, there are similar chastity education organizations elsewhere in Canada.

Straight Talk on chastity. (Lay Movements XVI)

In the past five years, public awareness of straight edge has slowly increased through the commercial mass media of American television, newspapers, and national news magazines.

Re-imagining being "straight" in straight edge

If you have a very bowed board, snap a straight line with your chalk box, then use your circular saw to get a rough straight-edge before routing.--S.S.]

TWO options for making edge joints with a router

Stanton, as it happens, turns up at the end of The Straight Story, as Alvin's dilapidated brother--a lean-to shack on legs--and there's something immensely satisfying about the pairing of Farnsworth and the eternally ornery ex-repo man.

LYNCH MOB

I first noticed this trend in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) where the gay couple in the story proves to be eminently more stable, mature, and poetic than any of the gaggle of rather silly straights running from bedroom to bedroom in search of true love.

Out of your closet and into your living room

Just think of what happens on The Simpsons when Marge takes a bath: She emerges from her tub with long straight blue locks.

Lock styles of the rich and famous

Keeping the thighs taut and the knees straight after an eleve, the dancer descends from the full pointe by releasing to demi-pointe, then descending smoothly until the heels are on the floor.

Making pointe work

'Just a thought, instead of [a] 'Straight Pride' parade, how about this: The 'desperately trying to bury our own gay thoughts by being homophobic because no one taught us how to access our emotions as children' parade?

Chris Evans, 'View' hosts reject 'Straight Pride' parade

15 May 2017 - Virginia, US-based wireless company Straight Path Communications Inc.'s (NYSE MKT: STRP) has signed a definitive merger agreement under which US-based Verizon Communications Inc.

Straight Path Communications to Nix AT/T Deal; Goes with USD 184/Share Offer from Verizon

In Harris County, Democratic straight tickets accounted for 35.3 percent of the overall vote, while in Dallas, straight-ticket Democrats cast 41.3 percent of the overall vote.

See the straight-ticket breakdown in Texas' 10 most-populous counties

For instance: the messy love quadrangle that is Gay, Straight or Taken?

She's better off single

词组	straight
释义	straight Related to straight: straight poker, Straight Talk straight 1. adjective, slang Heterosexual. We all wondered if he was straight or not. I don't think there was a single straight woman at the concert. 2. adjective, slang Not under the effects or influence of drugs or alcohol; sober. I've been on a bender all weekend. Now I need to get straight before the big board meeting. 3. adjective, slang Feeling relieved or functional from the ingestion of drugs or alcohol. I just need a quick line of coke to get me straight, then I'm off the stuff for good! Here, drink this whiskey. It'll help get you straight. 4. adjective, slang Having no debt owed to or by someone else. Just buy me lunch and we'll be straight. Sound good? Here's that $50 I owed you. I wanted us to be straight before I moved. 5. adjective, slang Traditional or conservative (in morals, politics, faith, etc.). My parents are the straightest people I know, so I was shocked to learn that they regularly smoked weed in college. He used to have some pretty outlandish views during college, but he's gotten rather straight as he's gotten older. 6. adjective, slang Having no more cause for quarrel, disagreement, or misunderstanding. A: "How're things with you and Brian? Did you get things worked out?" B: "Yeah, we're straight." 7. noun, slang A heterosexual person. Usually used in the plural. We don't get too many straights in this bar. 8. noun, slang A normal, conventional, or conservative person; a square. Usually used in the plural. The straights running this city are trying to clamp down on the makeshift communities occupying abandoned land. I always wore the craziest outfits I could come up with during high school. The bemused looks I got from the straights never ceased to amuse me. Farlex Dictionary of Idioms. straight 1. mod. honest; unembellished. Have I ever been anything but straight with you? 2. n. a tobacco cigarette; a tobacco cigarette butt. (see also slim.) No, I want a straight. That spliff makes me sneeze. 3. mod. having to do with undiluted liquor. I’ll take mine straight. 4. mod. relieved and satisfied by a dose of drugs. (Drugs.) She will be straight for a few hours, and then the same struggle all over again—all through the night. 5. mod. off drugs; no longer addicted to drugs. I’m straight now, and I’m gonna stay that way. 6. n. a square person (who does not use drugs, etc.). The straights are putting pressure on city hall to clean up this neighborhood. 7. n. a nonhomosexual; a heterosexual. (Often from the homosexual point of view.) Walter invited a few straights to the affair, just to keep things calm. 8. mod. not homosexual; not having a homosexual orientation. He wandered into a straight bar by mistake. 9. mod. excellent. This news is truly straight and I am happy to hear it. 10. mod. satisfied; having enough food or anything. Another beer? No thanks. I’m straight. McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions See: (as) straight as a die (as) straight as a ramrod (as) straight as an arrow (straight) from central casting (straight) from the horse's mouth (straight) out of central casting a straight arrow a straight face a straight fight be as straight as a die be on the straight and narrow can't see straight can't think straight couldn't lie straight in bed damn straight Damn straight! from the horse's mouth from the horse's mouth, straight get (one's) priorities right get (one's) priorities straight get (one's)/the facts straight get (something) straight from the horse's mouth get right get something right/straight get something straight get straight get straight from the horse's mouth get straight to the point get the facts straight get your priorities right/straight give it to give it to (one) straight give it to me straight go (straight) to the top go straight go straight, to have (one's)/the facts straight hear (something) straight from the horse's mouth keep (something) straight (in one's mind/head) keep (two or more people) straight (in one's mind/head) keep a straight face keep a straight face, to keep on the straight and narrow keep people straight keep things straight keep to the straight and narrow keep to, stay on, etc. the straight and narrow let's get one thing straight let's get something straight look straight through (one) not see straight on the home straight on the home straight/stretch on the straight and narrow play a straight bat play fair play fair/straight play it straight play straight put oneself straight put something straight put straight put the record straight put/set somebody straight put/set the record straight ramrod straight right off the bat right out scare (someone) straight set (one) straight set (something) straight set straight set the record straight shoot straight stay on the straight and narrow stay to the straight and narrow straight straight and narrow, (walk) the straight and narrow, the straight arrow straight A's straight as a die straight as an arrow straight away straight dope straight face straight from the horse’s mouth straight from the shoulder straight goods straight low straight man straight off straight off the bat straight off/out straight out straight out of the chute straight shooter straight shooter, a straight talk straight ticket straight up straight woman straight-A straightaway straight-faced the home straight the home stretch the straight and narrow the straight dope the straight goods the straight low think straight vote a straight ticket you cannot make a crab walk straight References in periodicals archive Old Pogue Masters Select Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 45.5% abv. Giving it to them straight: why America's straight whiskeys continue to grow and, more importantly, intrigue drinkers around the world Through a massive media, public relations, and advertising "propaganda campaign." "Gays must launch a large-scale campaign--we've called it the Waging Peace campaign--to reach straights through the mainstream media," the co-authors wrote. Subversion through perversion: the spreading homosexual degeneracy in our culture is not the result of natural moral decay; it is the manifestation of planned revolution by a subversive elite Conservatives may argue that allowing gay marriage endangers matrimony for straights; in fact, creating alternatives to marriage, inch as civil unions, is far more likely to undermine the institution of marriage. Dire straights: why outlawing marriage for gays will undermine marriage for all I hope that, besides the three chapters of Straight Talk in the southern Ontario area, there are similar chastity education organizations elsewhere in Canada. Straight Talk on chastity. (Lay Movements XVI) In the past five years, public awareness of straight edge has slowly increased through the commercial mass media of American television, newspapers, and national news magazines. Re-imagining being "straight" in straight edge If you have a very bowed board, snap a straight line with your chalk box, then use your circular saw to get a rough straight-edge before routing.--S.S.] TWO options for making edge joints with a router Stanton, as it happens, turns up at the end of The Straight Story, as Alvin's dilapidated brother--a lean-to shack on legs--and there's something immensely satisfying about the pairing of Farnsworth and the eternally ornery ex-repo man. LYNCH MOB I first noticed this trend in Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) where the gay couple in the story proves to be eminently more stable, mature, and poetic than any of the gaggle of rather silly straights running from bedroom to bedroom in search of true love. Out of your closet and into your living room Just think of what happens on The Simpsons when Marge takes a bath: She emerges from her tub with long straight blue locks. Lock styles of the rich and famous Keeping the thighs taut and the knees straight after an eleve, the dancer descends from the full pointe by releasing to demi-pointe, then descending smoothly until the heels are on the floor. Making pointe work 'Just a thought, instead of [a] 'Straight Pride' parade, how about this: The 'desperately trying to bury our own gay thoughts by being homophobic because no one taught us how to access our emotions as children' parade? Chris Evans, 'View' hosts reject 'Straight Pride' parade 15 May 2017 - Virginia, US-based wireless company Straight Path Communications Inc.'s (NYSE MKT: STRP) has signed a definitive merger agreement under which US-based Verizon Communications Inc. Straight Path Communications to Nix AT/T Deal; Goes with USD 184/Share Offer from Verizon In Harris County, Democratic straight tickets accounted for 35.3 percent of the overall vote, while in Dallas, straight-ticket Democrats cast 41.3 percent of the overall vote. See the straight-ticket breakdown in Texas' 10 most-populous counties For instance: the messy love quadrangle that is Gay, Straight or Taken? She's better off single
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