Straight may refer to:
- Straight (poker), a poker hand containing five cards in sequential ranked order
- Straight, or straights, used to describe individuals with mainstream points of view and appearance.
- Straight, slang for heterosexual
- Straight, an alternate name for the cross punch
- Straight, the second autobiography by British artist Boy George
- Straight, a member of the straight edge subculture
- Straight Records, a record label formed in 1969
- Straight, Inc., a now-defunct U.S. drug rehabilitation program for adolescents
- Straight whiskey, pure whiskey distilled at no higher than 80% alcohol content that has been aged at least two years
- Straightedge, a drawing or cutting tool
- Straight-acting, an LGBT person who does not exhibit the appearance or mannerisms of the gay stereotype
- Straight (racing), a section of a race track
- Straight (Tobias Regner album), the first album by German singer Tobias Regner
- Straight (2007 film), a 2007 German film by Nicolas Flessa
- Straight (2009 film), a 2009 Bollywood film starring Vinay Pathak
- Straight man (stock character), a stock character
Famous quotes containing the word straight:
“You should look straight at a film; that’s the only way to see one. Film is not the art of scholars but of illiterates.”
—Werner Herzog (b. 1942)
“Sure, you can love your child when he or she has just brought home a report card with straight “A’s.” It’s a lot harder, though, to show the same love when teachers call you from school to tell you that your child hasn’t handed in any homework since the beginning of the term.”
—The Lions Clubs International and the Quest Nation. The Surprising Years, II, ch.3 (1985)
“A good leg will fall, a straight back will stoop, a black beard will turn white, a fair face will wither, a full eye will wax hollow, but a good heart, Kate, is the sun and the moon—or rather the sun and not the moon, for it shines bright and never changes, but keeps his course truly.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)