straight
noun
1 straight
A person having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex.
synonyms: heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person.
Roget 628:
middle course,
midcourse;
mean
etc.
29;
middle
etc.
68;
juste milieu [Fr.],
mezzo termine [It],
golden mean,
ariston metron [Gr.],
aurea mediocritas [Lat.].
straight
etc.
(direct)
278,
straight course,
straight path;
short cut,
cross cut;
great circle sailing.
neutrality;
half measure,
half and half measures;
compromise.
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Roget 840:
amusement,
entertainment,
recreation,
fun,
game,
fun and games;
diversion,
divertissement;
reaction,
solace;
pastime,
passetemps [Fr.],
sport;
labor of love;
pleasure
etc.
827.
relaxation;
leisure
etc.
685.
fun,
frolic,
merriment,
jollity;
joviality,
jovialness†;
heyday;
laughter
etc.
838;
jocosity,
jocoseness†;
drollery,
buffoonery,
tomfoolery;
mummery,
pleasantry;
wit
etc.
842;
quip,
quirk.
[verbal expressions of amusement: list]
giggle,
titter,
snigger,
snicker,
crow,
cheer,
chuckle,
shout;
horse laugh,
belly laugh,
hearty laugh;
guffaw;
burst of laughter,
fit of laughter,
shout of laughter,
roar of laughter,
peal of laughter;
cachinnation†;
Kentish fire;
tiger.
play;
game,
game at romps;
gambol,
romp,
prank,
antic,
rig,
lark,
spree,
skylarking,
vagary,
monkey trick,
gambade,
fredaine†,
escapade,
echappee [Fr.],
bout,
espieglerie [Fr.];
practical joke
etc.
(ridicule)
856.
dance;
hop,
reel,
rigadoon†,
saraband†,
hornpipe,
bolero,
ballroom dance;
[ballroom dances: list],
minuet,
waltz,
polka,
fox trot,
tango,
samba,
rhumba,
twist,
stroll,
hustle,
cha-cha;
fandango,
cancan;
bayadere†;
breakdown,
cake-walk,
cornwallis [U.S.],
break dancing;
nautch-girl;
shindig [U.S.];
skirtdance†,
stag dance,
Virginia reel,
square dance;
galop†,
galopade†;
jig,
Irish jig,
fling,
strathspey†;
allemande [Fr.];
gavot†,
gavotte,
tarantella;
mazurka,
morisco†,
morris dance;
quadrille;
country dance,
folk dance;
cotillon,
Sir Roger de Coverley;
ballet
etc.
(drama)
599;
ball;
bal,
bal masque,
bal costume;
masquerade;
Terpsichore.
festivity,
merrymaking;
party
etc.
(social gathering)
892;
blowout [U.S.],
hullabaloo,
hoedown,
bat [U.S.],
bum [U.S.],
bust [Slang],
clambake [U.S.],
donation party [U.S.],
fish fry [U.S.],
jamboree [Slang],
kantikoy†,
nautch†,
randy,
squantum [U.S.],
tear [Slang],
Turnerfest†,
yule log;
fete,
festival,
gala,
ridotto†;
revels,
revelry,
reveling;
carnival,
brawl,
saturnalia,
high jinks;
feast,
banquet
etc.
(food)
298;
regale,
symposium,
wassail;
carouse,
carousal;
jollification,
junket,
wake,
Irish wake,
picnic,
fete champetre [Fr.],
regatta,
field day;
treat.
round of pleasures,
dissipation,
a short life and a merry one,
racketing,
holiday making.
rejoicing
etc.
838;
jubilee
etc.
(celebration)
883.
bonfire,
fireworks,
feu-de-joie,
firecracker.
holiday;
gala day,
red letter day,
play day;
high days and holidays;
high holiday,
Bank holiday;
May day,
Derby day;
Saint Monday,
Easter Monday,
Whit Monday;
Bairam†;
wayz-goos†,
bean feast;
Arbor Day,
Declaration Day,
Independence Day,
Labor Day,
Memorial Day,
Thanksgiving Day;
Mardi gras [Fr.],
mi-careme [Fr.],
feria [Lat.],
fiesta.
place of amusement,
theater;
hall,
concert room,
ballroom,
assemblyroom†;
music hall.
park,
plaisance†;
national park,
national forest,
state park,
county park,
city park,
vest-pocket park,
public park
(public)
737.1;
arbor;
garden
etc.
(horticulture)
371;
pleasure ground,
playground,
cricketground,
croquet ground,
archery ground,
hunting ground;
tennis court,
racket court;
bowling alley,
green alley;
croquet lawn,
rink,
glaciarum†,
skating rink;
roundabout,
merry-go-round;
swing;
montagne Russe [Fr.].
game of chance,
game of skill.
athletic sports,
gymnastics;
archery,
rifle shooting;
tournament,
pugilism
etc.
(contention)
720;
sports
etc.
622;
horse racing,
the turf;
aquatics
etc.
267;
skating,
sliding;
cricket,
tennis,
lawn tennis;
hockey,
football,
baseball,
soccer,
ice hockey,
basketball;
rackets,
fives,
trap bat and ball,
battledore and shuttlecock,
la grace;
pall-mall,
tipcat†,
croquet,
golf,
curling,
pallone†,
polo,
water polo;
tent pegging;
tilting at the ring,
quintain [Mediev.];
greasy pole;
quoits,
horseshoes,
discus;
rounders,
lacrosse;
tobogganing,
water polo;
knurr and spell†.
[childrens' games]
leapfrog,
hop skip and jump;
mother may I;
French and English,
tug of war;
blindman's bluff,
hunt the slopper†,
hide and seek,
kiss in the ring;
snapdragon;
cross questions and crooked answers. ;
crisscross,
hopscotch;
jacks,
jackstones†,
marbles;
mumblety-peg,
mumble-the-peg,
pushball,
shinney,
shinny,
tag
&c.;
billiards,
pool,
pingpong,
pyramids,
bagatelle;
bowls,
skittles,
ninepins,
kain†,
American bowls†;
tenpins [U.S.],
tivoli.
cards,
card games;
whist,
rubber;
round game;
loo,
cribbage,
besique†,
euchre,
drole†,
ecarte [Fr.],
picquet†,
allfours†,
quadrille,
omber,
reverse,
Pope Joan,
commit;
boston,
boaston†;
blackjack,
twenty-one,
vingtun [Fr.];
quinze [Fr.],
thirty-one,
put,
speculation,
connections,
brag,
cassino†,
lottery,
commerce,
snip-snap-snoren†,
lift smoke,
blind hookey,
Polish bank,
Earl of Coventry,
Napoleon,
patience,
pairs;
banker;
blind poker,
draw poker,
straight poker,
stud poker;
bluff,
bridge,
bridge whist;
lotto,
monte,
three-card monte,
nap,
penny-ante,
poker,
reversis†,
squeezers,
old maid,
fright,
beggar-my-neighbor;
baccarat.
[cards: list]
ace,
king,
queen,
knave,
jack,
ten,
nine,
eight,
seven,
six,
five,
four,
trey,
deuce;
joker;
trump,
wild card.
[card suits: list]
spades,
hearts,
clubs,
diamonds;
major suit,
minor suit.
bower;
right bower,
left bower;
dummy;
jackpot;
deck.
[hands at poker: list]
pair,
two pair,
three of a kind,
straight,
flush,
full-house,
four of a kind,
royal flush;
misere
&c..
[board games: list]
chess,
draughts,
checkers,
checquers,
backgammon,
dominos,
merelles†,
nine men's morris,
go bang,
solitaire;
game of fox and goose;
monopoly;
loto
&c.;
[word games: list],
scrabble,
scribbage,
boggle,
crossword puzzle,
hangman.
morra†;
gambling
etc.
(chance)
621.
toy,
plaything,
bauble;
doll
etc.
(puppet )
554;
teetotum†;
knickknack
etc.
(trifle)
643;
magic lantern
etc.
(show)
448;
peep show,
puppet show,
raree show,
gallanty show†;
toy shop;
quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks and wreathed smiles"
[Milton].
entertainer,
showman,
showgirl;
dancer,
tap dancer,
song-and-dance man;
vaudeville act;
singer;
musician
etc.
416.
sportsman,
gamester,
reveler;
master of ceremonies,
master of revels;
pompom girl†;
arbiter elegantiarum [Lat.];
arbiter bibendi [Lat.],
archer,
fan [U.S.],
toxophilite†,
turfman†.
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Dutch: hetero, heterofiel, heteroseksueel
Polish: heteroseksualista
2 straight
A poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit).
Polish: strit
3 straight
A straight segment of a roadway or racecourse.
synonym: straightaway.
adjective
1 straight
2 straight
Having no deviations.
Polish: prosty
3 straight
of hair Having no waves or curls.
4 straight
Erect in posture:
— Sit straight.
synonyms: unbent, unbowed.
Roget 246:
straight;
rectilinear,
rectilineal†;
direct,
even,
right,
true,
in a line;
unbent,
virgate†
etc.
v.;
undeviating,
unturned,
undistorted,
unswerving;
straight as an arrow
etc.
(direct)
278;
inflexible
etc.
323.
laser-straight;
ramrod-straight.
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Polish: wyprostowany
6 straight
Characterized by honesty and fairness:
— Straight dealing.
synonym: square.
7 straight
8 straight
Free from curves or angles.
5 straight
In keeping with the facts.
9 straight
Neatly arranged; not disorderly.
10 straight
11 straight
Accurately fitted; level.
synonym: true.
12 straight
13 straight
14 straight
Following a correct or logical method.
15 straight
Rigidly conventional or old-fashioned.
synonym: square.
Roget 628:
straight
etc.
(direct)
278.
adverb
1 straight
Without deviation.
synonyms: direct, directly.
Roget 132:
early,
soon,
anon,
betimes,
rath†;
eft,
eftsoons;
ere long,
before long,
shortly;
beforehand;
prematurely
etc.
adj.;
precipitately
etc.
(hastily)
684;
too soon;
before its time,
before one's time;
in anticipation;
unexpectedly
etc.
508.
suddenly
etc.
(instantaneously)
113;
before one can say 'Jack Robinson',"
at short notice,
extempore;
on the spur of the moment,
on the spur of the occasion
[Bacon];
at once;
on the spot,
on the instant;
at sight;
offhand,
out of hand;
a' vue d'oeil [Fr.];
straight,
straightway,
straightforth†;
forthwith,
incontinently,
summarily,
immediately,
briefly,
shortly,
quickly,
speedily,
apace,
before the ink is dry,
almost immediately,
presently at the first opportunity,
in no long time,
by and by,
in a while,
directly.
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2 straight
In a forthright manner; candidly or frankly:
— Told me straight out.
synonyms: directly, flat.
3 straight
In a straight line; in a direct course.
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