Meaning

1 senses

  1. Minced oath of shit.

    Oh, sugar!

    Scheibenkleister, Scheibenhonig

Examples

932 sentences

  1. Put in a little more sugar.

    Поклади трохи більше цукру. — aandrusiak

    ruДобавь ещё немного сахара. — marafon

    deGib etwas mehr Zucker hinein. — Yorwba

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  2. I need a bit of sugar.

    Мені потрібно трохи цукру. — deniko

    ruМне нужно немного сахара. — odexed

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  3. Coffee, please, with cream and sugar.

    Каву із вершками та цукром, будь ласка. — deniko

    ruПожалуйста, кофе со сливками и сахаром. — soweli_Elepanto

    deEinen Kaffee mit Zucker und Kaffeesahne, bitte. — lilygilder

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  4. How much sugar do you use?

    Скільки ти додаєш цукру? — deniko

    deWie viel Zucker verwendest du? — hisasteko

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  5. Add a bit of sugar, please.

    Додайте трохи цукру, будь ласка. — deniko

    ruДобавь немного сахара, пожалуйста. — marafon

    deGib bitte ein bisschen Zucker dazu. — MUIRIEL

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Translations

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By meaning 1
minced oath:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English sugre, borrowed from Old French çucre, borrowed from Old Ita

Inherited from Middle English sugre, borrowed from Old French çucre, borrowed from Old Italian zucchero, borrowed from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्क॑रा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”). Akin to Ancient Greek κρόκη (krókē, “pebble”), whence the words crocodile and krokodil are derived. Doublet of jaggery and sucro-.

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Forms

Collocations

12 patterns
  • put sugar in
  • sugar in my
  • how much sugar
  • much sugar
  • coffee without sugar
  • put sugar
  • without sugar
  • too much sugar
  • sugar in his
  • some sugar
  • lot of sugar
  • of sugar in

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
suffixB1suffocatesuffragesugarcoatsugarysuggestA2

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