The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word SHORT , but the solution may also be SWITCH which is one of the most recent solution (2013 in Boston Globe).
Circuit breaker? crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHORT | 50 % | 5 |
| SWITCH | 50 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Circuit breaker?
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- electric circuit
- circuit board
- short circuit
- electrical system
- bridge circuit
- circuits
- circuitry
- electrical
- electricity
- electrical device
- light switch
- parallel circuit
Crossword Answer definitions
SHORT noun- A short circuit.
- A short film.
- A short version of a garment in a particular size.
- A shortstop.
- A short seller.
- A short sale.
- A summary account.
- A short sound, syllable, or vowel.
- An integer variable having a smaller range than normal integers; usually two bytes long.
- An automobile; especially in crack shorts, to break into automobiles.
- To cause a short circuit in (something).
- Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
- To shortchange.
- To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.
- To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.
- To shorten.
- Having a small distance from one end or edge to another, either horizontally or vertically.
- (of a person) Of comparatively small height.
- Having little duration.
- (followed by for) Of a word or phrase, constituting an abbreviation (for another) or shortened form (of another).
- (of a fielder or fielding position) that is relatively close to the batsman.
- (of a ball) that bounced relatively far from the batsman.
- (of an approach shot or putt) that falls short of the green or the hole.
- (of pastries) Brittle, crumbly, especially due to the use of a large quantity of fat. (See shortbread, shortcake, shortcrust, shortening.)
- Abrupt; brief; pointed; petulant.
- Limited in quantity; inadequate; insufficient; scanty.
- Insufficiently provided; inadequately supplied, especially with money; scantily furnished; lacking.
- Deficient; less; not coming up to a measure or standard.
- Undiluted; neat.
- Not distant in time; near at hand.
- Being in a financial investment position that is structured to be profitable if the price of the underlying security declines in the future.
- Abruptly, curtly, briefly.
- Unawares.
- Without achieving a goal or requirement.
- (of the manner of bounce of a cricket ball) Relatively far from the batsman and hence bouncing higher than normal; opposite of full.
- With a negative ownership position.
- Deficient in.
- Having a negative position in.
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- Wiring problem
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- Lacking a quorum
- Like some tempers
- Lacking sufficient funds
- Unlike a shaggy-dog story
- Word before bread or cake