syrup

Any thick liquid that has a high sugar content and which is added to or poured over food as a flavoring.countableuncountable

• maple syrup
• pancake syrup

Any viscous liquid.broadlycountableuncountable

• cough syrup
• rose syrup

Anything overly sweet or sentimental.countablefigurativelyuncountable

• 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.

A wig.Cockneycountableslang

To convert or process into syrup.transitive

To add syrup to.transitive

To sabotage (a vehicle) by pouring syrup into the gas tank.transitive