straight

  • (noun): Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
  • (noun): Five cards in sequence.
  • (noun): A heterosexual.
  • (noun): A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
  • (noun): A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana. Also straighter.
  • (verb): To straighten.
  • (adjective): Not crooked or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
  • (adjective): (of a path, trajectory, etc.) Direct, undeviating.
  • (adjective): Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
  • (adjective): Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
  • (adjective): Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
  • (adjective): Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
  • (adjective): Serious rather than comedic.
  • (adjective): In proper order; as it should be.
  • (adjective): In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
  • (adjective): Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
  • (adjective): Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party.
  • (adjective): Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others.
  • (adjective): Conventional, mainstream, socially acceptable.
  • (adjective): Heterosexual, attracted to people of the opposite sex.
  • (adjective): (of a romantic or sexual relation) Occurring between people of opposite sex.
  • (adjective): Not using alcohol, drugs, etc.
  • (adjective): Not plus size; thin.
  • (adjective): Strait; narrow.
  • (adjective): Stretched out; fully extended.
  • (adjective): Thorough; utter; unqualified.
  • (adjective): Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
  • (adjective): Concerning the property allowing the parallel-transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain tangent vectors throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
  • (adverb): Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
  • (adverb): Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
  • (adverb): Continuously; without interruption or pause.
  • My friends call straights "heteros".
  • After four straight wins, Mudchester United are top of the league.
  • a straight Democrat
  • a straight ballot
  • straight marriage, sex, relationship