Answer to "Bug out" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word FLY , but the solution may also be RUNFORIT which is one of the most recent solution (2011 in New York Times).

Bug out crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
FLY	22 %	3
LEAVE	22 %	5
RUNFORIT	11 %	8
FLEE	11 %	4
SCRAM	11 %	5
INFEST	11 %	6
SKIDDOO	11 %	7

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Bug out

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• pop out
• come out
• protrude
• bulge
• pop
• bulge out
• dig out
• fall out
• bug off
• get out
• pile out
• bomb out

Crossword Answer definitions

FLY noun

1. Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
2. (non-technical) Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
3. Any similar, but unrelated insect such as dragonfly or butterfly.
4. A lightweight fishing lure resembling an insect.
5. A chest exercise performed by moving extended arms from the sides to in front of the chest. (also flye)
6. A witch's familiar.
7. A parasite.
8. The butterfly stroke (plural is normally flys)
9. (preceded by definite article) A simple dance in which the hands are shaken in the air, popular in the 1960s.

FLY noun

1. The action of flying; flight.
2. An act of flying.
3. A fly ball.
4. A type of small, fast carriage (sometimes pluralised flys).
5. A piece of canvas that covers the opening at the front of a tent.
6. (often plural) A strip of material (sometimes hiding zippers or buttons) at the front of a pair of trousers, pants, underpants, bootees, etc.
7. The free edge of a flag.
8. The horizontal length of a flag.
9. An exercise that involves wide opening and closing of the arms perpendicular to the shoulders.
10. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.
11. That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card.
12. Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock.
13. A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See flywheel.
14. A light horse-drawn carriage that can be hired for transportation.
15. In a knitting machine, the piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch.
16. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.
17. A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk.
18. The person who took the printed sheets from the press.
19. A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power printing press for doing the same work.
20. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theatre.
21. (cotton manufacture) waste cotton

FLY verb

1. To hit a fly ball; to hit a fly ball that is caught for an out. Compare ground (verb) and line (verb).

FLY verb

1. To travel through the air, another gas or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface.
2. To flee, to escape (from).
3. To cause to fly (travel or float in the air): to transport via air or the like.
4. (of a proposal, project or idea) To be accepted, come about or work out.
5. To travel very fast, hasten.
6. To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly.
7. To display (a flag) on a flagpole.
8. To hunt with a hawk.

FLY adjective

1. Quick-witted, alert, mentally sharp.
2. Well dressed, smart in appearance; in style, cool.
3. Beautiful; displaying physical beauty.

FLY noun

1. (rural) A wing.

More crossword clues leading to the same solutions

Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution

More clues leading to the result FLY

• Eyes from a wall
• Jet
• No-pest strip victim
• Ointment contaminant?
• Screen invader
• Swattable bug
• Birds and bees do it
• Reach new heights?
• Tackle box item
• Soup extra?

More clues leading to the result LEAVE

• French __ (abrupt departure)
• Take a powder
• Permission
• Shove off
• "Scramola!"
• Maternity ___
• Skedaddle
• Use the eggsit
• Army vacation
• Split

More clues leading to the result RUNFORIT

• Try to escape capture
• Flee in fear
• Take to one's heels
• Panicked cry
• "She's gonna blow!"
• Bug out
• "Let's get outta here!"

More clues leading to the result FLEE

• Barrister Bailey
• Leave town
• Scamper off
• Hightail it
• Skip town
• Get outta here
• Get the hell out of Dodge (Tribute #3)
• Run
• Skedaddle
• Head for the hills

More clues leading to the result SCRAM

• "Get lost!"
• "Hit the road!"
• Abrupt farewell
• Parting word, of sorts
• "Step off!"
• "Git!"
• "Beat it!"
• "Get outta here, kid! You're bothering me"
• "I said 'go!'"
• Word to a pest

More clues leading to the result INFEST

• Overrun
• Invade in great numbers
• Bug out?
• Overrun, as with locusts
• Be parasitic
• Fill (an area), like termites
• Overrun en masse, as ants
• Take over
• Overrun, as with pests
• Plague

More clues leading to the result SKIDDOO

• Go
• Split
• Decamp
• Scram
• "Vamoose!"
• Leave in a hurry
• Go away: Slang.
• Old-fashioned "scram!"
• Shoo, '20's style
• Bug out