How to pronounce “straight”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length. [from 14th c.]
• (of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating. [from 15th c.]
• Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique. [from 17th c.]
• (cricket) Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets. [from 19th c.]
• (engineering, of an internal-combustion engine) Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
• Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward. [from 19th c.]
• Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding. [from 16th c.]
• Serious rather than comedic.
• In proper order; as it should be. [from 19th c.]
• In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive. [from 19th c.]
• (tennis) Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set. [from 19th c.]
• (US, politics) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
• (US, politics) Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others.
• (colloquial) Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable. [from 20th c.]
• (colloquial) Heterosexual.
• (colloquial, of a romantic or sexual relation) Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people).
• (slang, sex work) Related to conventional sexual intercourse.
• (colloquial) Not using alcohol, drugs, etc. [from 20th c.]
• (fashion) Not plus size; thin.
• (rare, now chiefly religion) Strait; narrow.
• (obsolete) Stretched out; fully extended. [15th–16th c.]
• (slang) Thorough; utter; unqualified.
• Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat. [from 19th c.]
• (telegraphy, historical, of a telegram) Sent at a full rate for immediate delivery; being a fast telegram.
• (sciences, mathematics) Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
• (informal, of a person) OK, all right, fine; in a good state or situation.
• (informal, of people, reciprocal) On good terms.
• [Adverb]
• Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
• Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
• Continuously; without interruption or pause.
• Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.
• [Noun]
• Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
• (poker) Five cards in sequence.
• (colloquial) A heterosexual.
• (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
• (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana. [from 20th c.]
• A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.
• A cat that has straight ears despite belonging to a breed that often has folded ears.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To straighten.

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