| straight angle |
an angle of 180 degrees. |
| straight away |
at this very moment; immediately. |
| straight chair |
an unupholstered chair with a straight back, often with straight legs and arms. |
| straight face |
a facial expression showing no emotion, esp. one concealing a desire to laugh. |
| straight flush |
a poker hand of five cards of the same suit in sequence, ranking above all other hands. |
| straight man |
an actor or entertainer who serves as a comedian's foil, usu. delivering lines to which the comedian responds with a joke. |
| straight pin |
a pin made of a piece of stiff steel wire about one or two inches long, with a sharp point at one end and a small head at the other, used chiefly in sewing. |
| straight razor |
a razor with a single stiff steel blade that folds into a handle. |
| straight ticket |
in U.S. politics, a ballot on which a voter has voted for candidates of only one party. (Cf. split ticket.) |
| straight time |
the standard or customary number of work hours established for a particular work setting. [2 definitions] |
| straight-arm |
to keep (a sports opponent, esp. a football tackler) away from oneself by holding one's arm out straight; stiff-arm. [2 definitions] |
| straight-laced |
variant of strait-laced. |
| straight-out |
thoroughgoing, complete, or total. [2 definitions] |
| strait-laced |
tightly bound by morality, convention, or received opinion; strict or prudish. |