Straightname

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  A surname.

straightadj/stɹeɪt/

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  Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.

  • I do not like crooked, twisted, blasted trees. I admire them much more if they are tall, straight and flourishing.
  • “Heavens!” exclaimed Nina, “the blue-stocking and the fogy!—and yours are pale blue, Eileen!—you’re about as self-conscious as Drina—slumping there with your hair tumbling à la Mérode! Oh, it's very picturesque, of course, but a straight spine and good grooming is better.[…]”
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  Direct, undeviating.

  • Now, as the world knows, the straightest way to the heart of the honest voter is through the women of the land, and the straightest way to the heart of the women is through the children of the land; and one method of winning both, with rural politicians, is to kiss the babies wide and far.
  • He had no time to set himself, but his throw was straight and true. Pick slid in, spikes high, and Schang tagged him in the ribs a foot or two from the plate.
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  Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.

  • Mr. Coniff: He did not have his hat on straight; that is the one thing, is it?
  • There's nothing more annoying than taking a great picture, only to find that the horizon isn't straight.
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  ball-gamescricketgamesDescribing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.

  • Steyn continues and it's all a bit more orderly down his end as O'Brien defends the first three balls with a straight bat and a respectful dip of the head.
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  engineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesHaving all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.

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  Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.

  • Tony Blair issued a direct challenge to the IRA yesterday when he demanded they give straight answers to three simple questions[…].
  • What's more, he actually tries to answer a straight question with a straight answer.
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  Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.

  • ‘It wasn't the proper thing, squoire. It wasn't straight.’
  • How easy is it to go straight after a life spent in and out of prison?
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  Serious rather than comedic.

  • Allan Blye, a CBC-TV mainstay in the early Sixties, worked as a singer, writer and straight and comedic actor.
  • All of Peter Schickele's music, both straight and comedic are integrated side by side in this chapter.

straightadv/stɹeɪt/

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  Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.

  • The door will be straight ahead of you.
  • Go straight back.
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  Directly; without pause, delay or detour.

  • On arriving at work, he went straight to his office.
  • Tartarian theeues, That lie in ambuſh, waiting for a pray: What ſhould we doe but bid them battel ſtraight, And rid the world of thoſe deteſted troopes?
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  Continuously; without interruption or pause.

  • He claims he can hold his breath for three minutes straight.
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  Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.

  • "By ginger, Mudgy, you do go off the handle over nothing. I tell you straight, I was damned annoyed with you this afternoon, going pop like that at a man over nothing."

straightnoun/stɹeɪt/

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  Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.

  • After four grueling laps, the race had come down to a sprint. Into the straight, although my legs were burning, I called on them for more, and they responded. On my inside the maroon singlet came with me, until it was just the two of us heading for the line.
  • Seppi started the engine, then shifted first gear and sped away into second, then third and fourth gear. Frank heard the roar of the Porsche's engine further down the straight and the back short straight. He held a stopwatch in his hand, waiting for him to come up into the straight from the hairpin curve.
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  card-gamespokerFive cards in sequence.

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  A heterosexual.

  • My friends call straights "heteros".
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  slangA normal person; someone in mainstream society.

  • You live with straights who tell you you was king / Jump when your momma tell you anything
  • Boys! Boys! You're scaring the straights, okay? Is there any way that we could do this tomorrow?
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  slangA cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana.

  • A straight = a straighter = a straight cut, une cigarette en tabac de Virginie.]
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  A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.

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  A cat that has straight ears despite belonging to a breed that often has folded ears.

  • 2021, B. J. Deming, 25 More Facts About House Cats A hopeful sign of compromise is the growing popularity of Scottish Fold "straights" (cats like Maru, without droopy ears).

straightverb/stɹeɪt/

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  To straighten.

  • One man draws out the wire , another straights it , a third cuts it , a fourth points it , a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head