straight-arm | (American football) the act of warding off a tackler by holding the arm fully extended with the hand against the opponent |
straight ticket | a ballot cast by a voter who votes for all the candidates of one party |
straight and narrow strait and narrow | the way of proper and honest behavior, he taught his children to keep strictly to the straight and narrow |
straight hang | a hang performed on the rings or parallel bars with the body erect and the arms at the sides |
straight poker | poker in which each player gets cards face down and bets are made without drawing any further cards |
lunge straight thrust passado | (fencing) an attacking thrust made with one foot forward and the back leg straight and with the sword arm outstretched forward |
flat arch straight arch | an arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a straight horizontal extrados and intrados |
straightaway straight | a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse |
straight chair side chair | a straight-backed chair without arms |
straight flute straight-fluted drill | a rock drill with flutes that are straight |
straight pin | pin consisting of a short straight stiff piece of wire with a pointed end, used to fasten pieces of cloth or paper together |
straight razor | a razor with a straight cutting edge enclosed in a case that forms a handle when the razor is opened for use |
straight sinus tentorial sinus sinus rectus | an unpaired sinus of the dura mater |
straight face | a serious facial expression giving no evidence of interest or amusement |
straight flush | a poker hand with consecutive cards in the same suit |
straight | a poker hand with consecutive cards (regardless of suit) |
straight chain | an open chain of atoms with no side chains |
heterosexual heterosexual person straight person straight | a heterosexual person, someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex |
square shooter straight shooter straight arrow | a frank and honest person |
straight man second banana | a performer who acts as stooge to a comedian |
straight-line method straight-line method of depreciation | (accounting) a method of calculating depreciation by taking an equal amount of the asset's cost as an expense for each year of the asset's useful life |
whole life insurance ordinary life insurance straight life insurance | insurance on the life of the insured for a fixed amount at a definite premium that is paid each year in the same amount during the entire lifetime of the insured |
straight angle | an angle ofdegrees |
straight line | a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction, a line of zero curvature, the shortest distance between two points is a straight line |
straight | in keeping with the facts, set the record straight, made sure the facts were straight in the report |
straight-backed | having a straight back, a straight-backed wooden chair, a slim straight-backed dancer |
straight-billed | having a straight beak |
straight consecutive | successive (without a break), sick for five straight days |
square straight | rigidly conventional or old-fashioned |
straight | following a correct or logical method, straight reasoning |
neat straight full-strength | without water, took his whiskey neat |
blunt candid forthright frank free-spoken outspoken plainspoken point-blank straight-from-the-shoulder | characterized by directness in manner or speech, without subtlety or evasion, blunt talking and straight shooting, a blunt New England farmer, I gave them my candid opinion, forthright criticism, a forthright approach to the problem, tell me what you think--and you may just as well be frank, it is possible to be outspoken without being rude, plainspoken and to the point, a point-blank accusation |
square(a) straightforward straight | without evasion or compromise, a square contradiction, he is not being as straightforward as it appears |
straight-grained | of timber, having fibers that run in parallel |
true straight | accurately fitted, level, the window frame isn't quite true |
straight | (of hair) having no waves or curls, her naturally straight hair hung long and silky |
straight | not homosexual |
straight unbent unbowed | erect in posture, sit straight, stood defiantly with unbowed back |
straight-legged | having straight legs |
c priggish prim prissy prudish puritanical square-toed straitlaced strait-laced straightlaced straight-laced tight-laced victorian | exaggeratedly proper, my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts |
outright straight-out unlimited | without reservation or exception |
straight | having no deviations, straight lines, straight roads across the desert, straight teeth, straight shoulders |
straight | free from curves or angles, a straight line |
uncoiled straight | no longer coiled |
straight square | characterized by honesty and fairness, straight dealing, a square deal |
straight | neatly arranged, not disorderly, the room is straight now |
a immediately instantly straightaway straight off directly now right away at once forthwith like a shot | without delay or hesitation, with no time intervening, he answered immediately, found an answer straightaway, an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith, Come here now! |
directly straight direct | without deviation, the path leads directly to the lake, went direct to the office |
directly flat straight | in a forthright manner, candidly or frankly, he didn't answer directly, told me straight out, came out flat for less work and more pay |
erectly straight-backed | in a straight-backed manner, the old man still walks erectly |