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straight
Theme: EXCELLENCE
mod. excellent.
This news is truly straight and I am happy to hear it.You are a straight G.
Theme: HETEROSEXUAL
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.The straights really get upset if you camp it up too much.
Theme: HONESTY
mod. honest; unembellished.
This is the straight truth.Have I ever been anything but straight with you?
Theme: PEOPLE - GOOD
n. a square person (who does not use drugs, etc.).
The guy's a straight. He's gonna turn us over to the cops!The straights are putting pressure on city hall to clean up this neighborhood.
Theme: SOBRIETY
mod. off drugs; no longer addicted to drugs.
I'm straight now, and I'm gonna stay that way.I'm a straight guy.See how long you can stay straight, how 'bout it?
Theme: TOBACCO
n. a tobacco cigarette; a tobacco cigarette butt. (As opposed to a marijuana cigarette.)
No, I want a straight. That spliff makes me sneeze.Can I bum a straight off you?
straight
Ⅰ
1. adjective
1
heterosexual US, 1941.
2
conventional, not part of the counterculture US, 1960.
3
not currently drug-intoxicated; no longer using drugs UK, 1967.
4
under the influence of drugs, or at least not suffering from withdrawal symptoms US, 1946.
5
correct US, 1996.
6
good, pleasing, acceptable US, 1993.
7
of an utterance, outspoken, straightforward UK, 1894.
8
honest, honourable, frank UK, 1864.
9
of alcoholic drinks, undiluted US, 1874.
10
without a 'minus' or 'plus' attached to a grade US, 1968.► go straightto abandon a criminal lifestyle in favour of honesty UK, 1940
2. noun
1
a conventional person, blind to the values of a counter-culture US, 1967.
2
a factory-made cigarette US, 1951.
3
a house dweller. Used by late-1980s–early 90s counterculture travellers UK, 1999.
4
a heterosexual US, 1941.
5
simple vaginal intercourse US, 1961.
6
unadulterated tobacco UK, 1978.
7
in horse racing, a bet that a horse will win a race US, 1976
Ⅱ ⇨ straight and narrow; straight
noun an honest, conventional or virtuous way of life, especially when temptation is resisted. Always with 'the'; a shortening of 'the straight and narrow path' UK, 1930
idiomstraight► the home straight —see the home stretch► give it to me straight► set sb straightget sth straightunderstandspoken said when you want to be sure that everyone understands the truth about a situation:Let's get this straight - the letters have been surrendered to the kidnappers, the tapes have been wiped, so we have lost all of our evidence.I'm sorry, but can we get one thing straight? I don't think you're ignorant, just because you don't talk in the same artsy, pretentious way as some of my friends.Can you go through the procedure again, just to make sure we've got it straight?keep sb on the straight and narrowto make someone live in an honest or moral way, especially if they have not always done this:Davies said that it was the support of his wife, Jeanine, that helped him kick his cocaine addiction and kept him on the straight and narrow.Bill Wickson was a well-loved teacher, and many a young truant returned to the straight and narrow under his firm yet compassionate influence.opposite stray/slip from the straight and narrow: David Mellor is not the only politician who's ever slipped from the straight and narrow, so I don't understand why so much fuss is being made.

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.
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
  • 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
  • keep (something) 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
  • 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
  • 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/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
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