sugar
- noun
- /ˈʃʊɡər/
- Slang
- Hi, sugar.
- a sugar daddy
Examples
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If you need some cash for the weekend, I can lend you a little sugar.
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How you doin', sugar?
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So you got you a little sugar daddy, huh?
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Thanks for the interest, sugar, but one thing at a time!
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Hey, sugar, you got a match?
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Tell him to come in, sugar.
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I'll tell you what, sugar.
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So, I'm gonna ask you once again, sugar.
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I'm not really the sugar daddy type and I'm kind of busy here.
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He always brings a bit of sugar when we go out for dinner to pay for our meals.
Synonyms
Money in the form of coins and bills
An informal word for money that people use
Informal name for money used to buy things
An informal word for money
Money in the form of cash or paper bills
Money you use to buy things
A slang word for money, often cash
An informal, playful word for money from Spanish
Money you can hold, like bills or coins
Informal word for money, often meaning cash
Money in cash that people use to buy things
An informal word for money, especially dollars
An informal name for money someone has to spend
An informal word for money
Small amounts of money
A large amount of cash kept for spending
Money that people use to buy things
Informal British word for money, especially cash
Idioms
Compounds
- NSFW
An older rich man who gives money and gifts to a younger person for romantic or sexual attention
- US
A flat sweet cookie made from simple dough often decorated with icing or sugar
- US
A North American tree with hard wood and a sweet liquid used to make syrup and sugar
- Specialized
A small sweet part of food the body uses for quick energy, like glucose or fructose
- Specialized
You heat sugar until it melts and turns brown to add color and sweet taste
- Archaic
A large hard block of sugar often shaped like a cone that people break into pieces at home
- Specialized
A sweet syrup made by breaking down table sugar into two simple sugars found in honey and fruits
- Australian
A sweet tropical fruit with thick bumpy skin and soft white flesh around black seeds
- Offensive
A person who uses money or gifts to control and profit from people they date
- Philippine
A large tropical palm tree whose sweet sap makes sugar and wine and whose trunk gives sago
- Specialized
A sweetener made from wood or straw often used instead of sugar by people with diabetes
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sugar is used as slang for money because it suggests something 'sweet' and desirable, a useful memory like the slang 'bread' for cash. So when someone says they need 'sugar' in informal speech, they mean they need money.