Answer to "Closing tightly" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word LOCKING , but the solution may also be SHUTTERING which is one of the most recent solution (2003 in Newsday).

Closing tightly crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
LOCKING	50 %	7
SHUTTERING	50 %	10

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Closing tightly

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

• locking
• glottal stop
• close
• nip
• seal
• sealed
• sealing
• shut
• twist
• stopper
• squeeze
• clip

Crossword Answer definitions

LOCKING verb

1. To become fastened in place.
2. To fasten with a lock.
3. To be capable of becoming fastened in place.
4. To intertwine or dovetail.
5. (break dancing) To freeze one's body or a part thereof in place.
6. To furnish (a canal) with locks.
7. To raise or lower (a boat) in a lock.
8. To seize (e.g. the sword arm of an antagonist) by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him.
9. To modify (a thread) so that users cannot make new posts in it.
10. (WMF jargon) To prevent a page from being edited by other users.

LOCKING noun

1. The act by which something is locked.
2. The use of a lock or a mutex to restrict access to a part of the code to at most one process.

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 LOCKING

• Closing tightly.
• Securing, as a door

More clues leading to the result SHUTTERING

• Closing tightly