Meaning of maple-syrupy | Babel Free

Definitions

1. With maple syrup.
2. Resembling or characteristic of maple syrup.

Examples

“While hibernating, Little Bear⟳ spent most of his time dreaming about huge, fluffy, buttery, maple-syrupy pancakes.”

“It is time, after I take⟳ a long, hot shower then drench my taste⟳ buds with some maple-syrupy pancakes (Dennis has filled them with bananas, my favorite) to hear⟳ about Jackie’s evening.”

“He was slathered head-to-toe in maple syrup. […] “[…] When Loudmouth over there”—a maple-syrupy forefinger jabbed in my direction—“woke me up, I pushed the door wider to go outside and investigate⟳.[…]””

“Another way to astound your friends these days, Blake says, is to import your own⟳ freshly-smoked salmon from Nova Scotia. If your friends are Jewish, don’t expect⟳ them to be too terribly impressed. It may look⟳ like⟳ lox but it ain’t (it’s saltier and has a maple-syrupy taste⟳).”

“The most common indication of maple syrup urine disease is a characteristic odor, a distinctive maple-syrupy odor of the urine and perspiration.”

“Another reader also touted the bacon, saying “the bacon was incredible—sort⟳ of a maple-syrupy taste⟳—and the potatoes were spicy with caramelized onions.””

“The females have⟳ a lemony, maple-syrupy smell⟳; the males, which have⟳ more glands for scent marking, smell⟳ muskier.”

“Hockey Night in Canada: That’s right: “In” Canada. Because it’s “Our Game.” Because it’s what “We Do.” Because no one does it better, even if no one else much cares to. Because the U.S. may have⟳ the NHL, the Stanley Cup, the money, the majority of franchises, and Carrie Underwood and Hilary Duff, but we have⟳ Don Cherry in Edwardian shirt collars. / Chew on that, Uncle Sam. It’s the maple-syrupy taste⟳ of victory. / Sweet.”

“The waiter brought the booze in elegantly delicate glasses, which seemed contrary to my notions of how hard liquor should be consumed. Digger waved his under his nose and I did the same: the deceptively sweet maple-syrupy smell⟳ hit me as it had that evening in LA on Remo’s porch.”

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