A syrupy byproduct of sugar refining; molasses or golden syrup.
Didn’t you see how the cub was ashamed of the thick bread-and-butter? I dare say they’re going to have treacle if they are good.
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.
Sweetheart (from treacle tart).
Listen, treacle, this is the last time I'll warn you!
From Middle English triacle, partly from Old French triacle, and partly from Old English tyriaca, both from Late Latin *triaca, *tiriaca, late form of theriaca, ultimately from Ancient Greek θηριακή (...
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