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straight
  1. Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
  2. (poker) Five cards in sequence.
  3. (slang) A normal person; someone in mainstream society.
  4. (slang) A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana. Also straighter. [from 20th c.]
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  6. Examples:
    1. “He's a straight. Not that there's anything wrong with that.”
straightener
  1. A pair of metal tongs with heated ceramic plates used for straightening hair.
  2. Anyone or anything which straightens.
  3. (slang) A prearranged fight to settle a dispute.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “First I would get out of the shower, turn on my hair straightener, scurry to my room, change, then scurry back to the bathroom.”
      “If your hair is still not straight, even with all these products, or you want a quick fix, try using a hair straightener.”
      “If poker straight locks are more your thing than Cloud Nine's classic straightener is the styler to have.”
straightedge
straighthood
  1. The state or condition of being straight (morally, sexually, etc.)
straightaway
straightness
  1. (countable) The result or product of being straight.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Her unwavering commitment to her straightness was evident in her exclusive romantic attraction towards men.”
      “Then we went to the machine shop and mounted the spindle in the lathe, and with the dial indicator checked the spindle for straightness.”
      “The ferry barges across the seafront for its dock with categoric straightness, welcome after the shambles and indirection of Portsmouth.”
straightening
  1. The act of making something straight.
straightenings
  1. plural of straightening
straightaways
  1. plural of straightaway
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  3. Examples:
    1. “The cars lose much more speed in the corners, then accelerate down the straightaways.”
      “The cars typically run well there because their horsepower helps so much down the three long straightaways.”
      “The little karts reach speeds of more than 65 miles per hour on the straightaways.”
straightedges
straighteners
straightnesses
straights
  1. plural of straight
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Sporting events run the gamut from football to NASCAR with a broad selection of straights, parlays, teasers, props and futures available.”
      “The opening day takes place over narrow and slippery vineyard roads, which consist mostly of straights and tight hairpin bends.”
      “One problem with this is that six-card flushes and straights are much rarer than five-card ones.”
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