treacle

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Pronunciation

• (British, America) IPA: /ˈtɹiː.kəl/

Noun

treacle

1. (chiefly, British) A syrupy byproduct of sugar refining; molasses or golden syrup.
2. Cloying sentimental speech.

   • 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.

3. (Cockney rhyming slang) Sweetheart (from treacle tart).

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

4. (obsolete) An antidote for poison; theriac.
5. (obsolete, figurative) Any all-powerful curative; a general remedy, a cure-all.
   • c. 1385, William Langland, Piers Plowman, I:

     For trewthe telleþ þat loue · is triacle of heuene.

Translations

• French: mélasse
• German: Melasse
• Italian: melassa
• Portuguese: melaço
• Russian: мела́сса
• Spanish: melaza

Translations

• Russian: слаща́вость

Translations

• French: thériaque

Verb

treacle (treacles, present participle treacling; past and past participle treacled)

1. To apply treacle to a surface, so as to catch flies or moths, etc.

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