- Wall Street Journal Crossword
- December 9 2022
- Carp
Carp
We have found the following answers matching the query 'Carp' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. Carp crossword clue was last seen on December 9 2022 in the popular Wall Street Journal Crossword.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | | 99% | GRIPE | Carp | Wall Street Journal |
| 20% | AREA | Carpeting calculation | Universal |
| 20% | PLANE | Carpenter's tool | Wall Street Journal |
| 20% | YOLO | Modern “carpe diem” | Thomas Joseph |
| 20% | LIMOS | They pull up to red carpets | Universal |
| 20% | TENON | Carpenters joint component | LA Times |
Definition
| • | A vulture; the griffin. |
| • | To catch with the hand; to clasp closely with the fingers; to clutch. |
| • | To seize and hold fast; to embrace closely. |
| • | To pinch; to distress. Specifically, to cause pinching and spasmodic pain to the bowels of, as by the effects of certain purgative or indigestible substances. |
| • | To clutch, hold, or pinch a thing, esp. money, with a gripe or as with a gripe. |
| • | To suffer griping pains. |
| • | To tend to come up into the wind, as a ship which, when sailing closehauled, requires constant labor at the helm. |
| • | Grasp; seizure; fast hold; clutch. |
| • | That on which the grasp is put; a handle; a grip; as, the gripe of a sword. |
| • | A device for grasping or holding anything; a brake to stop a wheel. |
| • | Oppression; cruel exaction; affiction; pinching distress; as, the gripe of poverty. |
| • | Pinching and spasmodic pain in the intestines; -- chiefly used in the plural. |
| • | The piece of timber which terminates the keel at the fore end; the forefoot. |
| • | The compass or sharpness of a ship's stern under the water, having a tendency to make her keep a good wind. |
| • | An assemblage of ropes, dead-eyes, and hocks, fastened to ringbolts in the deck, to secure the boats when hoisted; also, broad bands passed around a boat to secure it at the davits and prevent swinging. |
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- Wall Street Journal: Dec 9, 2022
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