sugar
sug·ar / ˈshoŏgər/ • n. 1. a sweet crystalline substance obtained from various plants, esp. sugar cane and sugar beet, consisting essentially of sucrose, and used as a sweetener in food and drink. ∎ a lump or teaspoonful of this, used to sweeten tea or coffee: I'll have mine black with two sugars. ∎ inf. used as a term of endearment or an affectionate form of address: what's wrong, sugar? ∎ [as interj.] inf. used as a euphemism for “shit.” ∎ inf. a psychoactive drug in the form of white powder, esp. heroin or cocaine.2. Biochem. any of the class of soluble, crystalline, typically sweet-tasting carbohydrates found in living tissues and exemplified by glucose and sucrose.• v. [tr.] sweeten, sprinkle, or coat with sugar: she absentmindedly sugared her tea | [as adj.] (sugared) sugared almonds. ∎ fig. make more agreeable or palatable: the novel was preachy but sugared heavily with jokes.PHRASES: sugar the pillsee pill1 .DERIVATIVES: sug·ar·less adj.ORIGIN: Middle English: from Old French sukere, from Italian zucchero, probably via medieval Latin from Arabic sukkar.