Definitions for straight

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straight straight

Spelling: [streyt]

IPA: /streɪt/

Straight is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 257 anagrams from letters in straight (aghirstt).

Definitions for straight

noun

1. the condition of being straight.
2. a straight form or position.
3. a straight line.
4. a straight part, as of a racecourse.
5. Informal. a heterosexual. a person who follows traditional or conventional mores. a person who is free from narcotics.
6. Chiefly Games. a succession of strokes, plays, etc., which gives a perfect score.

Idioms

1. go straight, Informal. to live a law-abiding life; no longer engage in crime.
2. play it straight, Informal. to do something without jokes, tricks, subterfuge, distortions, or the like:
3. straight off, without delay; immediately: Also, straight away.
4. straight up, (of a cocktail) served without ice:

adverb

1. in a straight line:
2. in an even form or position:
3. in an erect posture:
4. directly:
5. without circumlocution; frankly; candidly (often followed by out).
6. honestly, honorably, or virtuously:
7. without intricate involvement; not in a roundabout way; to the point.
8. in a steady course (often followed by on):
9. into the proper form or condition; in order:
10. in possession of the truth or of true ideas:
11. sold without discount regardless of the quantity bought:
12. Journalism. directly and objectively:
13. without personal embellishments, additions, etc.:
14. (of liquor) served or drunk without ice, a mixer, or water; neat:

adjective

1. without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct:
2. exactly vertical or horizontal; in a perfectly vertical or horizontal plane:
3. (of a line) generated by a point moving at a constant velocity with respect to another point.
4. evenly or uprightly formed or set:
5. without circumlocution; frank; candid:
6. honest, honorable, or upright, as conduct, dealings, methods, or persons.
7. Informal. reliable, as a report or information.
8. right or correct, as reasoning, thinking, or a thinker.
9. in the proper order or condition:
10. continuous or unbroken:
11. thoroughgoing or unreserved:
12. supporting or cast for all candidates of one political party:
13. unmodified or unaltered:
14. without change in the original melody or tempo:
15. Informal. heterosexual. traditional; conventional. free from using narcotics. not engaged in crime; law-abiding; reformed.
16. undiluted, as whiskey.
17. Theater. (of acting) straightforward; not striving for effect.
18. Journalism. written or to be written in a direct and objective manner, with no attempt at individual styling, comment, etc.:
19. Cards. containing cards in consecutive denominations, as a two, three, four, five, and six, in various suits.

Origin of straight

1250-1300; (adj.) Middle English; orig. past participle of strecchen to stretch; (adv. and noun) Middle English, derivative of the adj.

Examples for straight

Why is a straight grandmother the leading advocate for gays in Cameroon?

Except the Braves did not win 14 straight pennants (they did win 14 straight division titles), and Smoltz is a also Republican.

Denied parole nine straight times, he insists he is innocent of the crime for which he was convicted.

In straight relationships with an age gap, words like ‘gold-digger’ and ‘trophy wife’ get thrown around.

I certainly did need you to come along right now and set me straight.

Amazing how people can still haul this one out with a straight face.

straight to this sign Andrew walked and sat down at the table beneath it.

The leader had gone with Joe Clune straight for the front car.

But I got him too straight—let a drunken man alone for telling the truth when he's got it in him.

She confronted him in her straight white gown and waited for him to speak.