- Newsday Crossword
- January 18 2024
- On the nose
On the nose
We have found the following answers matching the query 'On the nose' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. On the nose crossword clue was last seen on January 18 2024 in the popular Newsday Crossword.
Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | 99% | EXACT | On the nose | Newsday |
20% | BOOP | Playfully poke on the nose slangily | Universal |
20% | REEK | Be hard on the nose? | Universal |
20% | BOOP | Lighthearted tap on the nose | Wall Street Journal |
20% | BOOP | Playfully tap on the nose | New York Times |
Definition
• | Precisely agreeing with a standard, a fact, or the truth; perfectly conforming; neither exceeding nor falling short in any respect; true; correct; precise; as, the clock keeps exact time; he paid the exact debt; an exact copy of a letter; exact accounts. |
• | Habitually careful to agree with a standard, a rule, or a promise; accurate; methodical; punctual; as, a man exact in observing an appointment; in my doings I was exact. |
• | Precisely or definitely conceived or stated; strict. |
• | To demand or require authoritatively or peremptorily, as a right; to enforce the payment of, or a yielding of; to compel to yield or to furnish; hence, to wrest, as a fee or reward when none is due; -- followed by from or of before the one subjected to exaction; as, to exact tribute, fees, obedience, etc., from or of some one. |
• | To practice exaction. |
Recent Usage in Crossword Puzzles:
- Newsday: Jan 18, 2024
- Universal: Sep 15, 2023
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