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sugar(2) (iou)



sugar verb. LME.
[from the noun.]
verb trans. Make more agreeable or palatable. Also foll. by over. LME.
sugar the pill: see PILL noun3 1b.
b. Flatter. Also foll. by up. E20.
verb trans. Coat, sprinkle, or sweeten with sugar. M16.
L. Grant-Adamson Coffee came. Joseph sugared his, took a sip.
b. verb trans. & intrans. Entomology. Spread a mixture of sugar, treacle, beer, etc., on (a tree-trunk etc.) in order to catch moths. Chiefly as sugaring verbal noun. M19.
verb intrans. Boil down maple sap until it thickens into syrup, or further until it crystallizes into sugar. Usu. foll. by off. N. Amer. L18.
verb intrans. Shirk while pretending to row hard. Univ. slang. L19.
verb trans. [Cf. SUGAR noun 2d.] euphem. Damn, curse, confound. Usu. in pass. slang. L19.
sugaring noun (a) the action of the verb; an instance of this; (b) sugary or sweet matter; sweetening; (c) a method of removing unwanted body hair by applying a mixture of lemon juice, sugar, and water to the skin and then peeling it off: E17.