Meaning of Treacle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A syrupy byproduct of sugar refining; molasses or golden syrup.
   Ireland, UK, countable, uncountable
2. Cloying sentimental speech.
   countable, uncountable
3. Sweetheart (from treacle tart).
   Cockney, countable, slang, uncountable
4. Synonym of theriac: an antidote for poison, especially snakebite; a supposedly universal antidote.
   countable, historical, uncountable
5. Synonym of cure: an all-powerful curative for some particular affliction.
   broadly, countable, figuratively, historical, obsolete, uncountable
6. Synonym of cure-all: a panacea for all human ailments.
   broadly, countable, figuratively, historical, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Didn’t you see how the cub was ashamed of the thick bread-and-butter? I dare say they’re going to have treacle if they are good.”

“The public tributes to Griffith were over-the-top in a way his acting never was, spreading treacle from the evening newscasts to the front page of the New York Times.”

“Listen, treacle, this is the last time I'll warn you!”

“CHEWING-BALLS, a kind of balls made of aſafœtida, liver of antimony, bay-wood, juniper-wood, and pellitory of Spain; which being dried in the ſun, and wrapped in a linen-cloth, are tied to the bit of the bridle for the horſe to chew: they create an appetite; and it is ſaid, that balls of Venice treacle may be uſed in the ſame manner with good ſucceſs.”

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