The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word CANS which also is the latest solution we found used in Washington Post in 2004.
Gives the ax to crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CANS | 50 % | 4 |
| SACKS | 50 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Gives the ax to
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- fire
- horn
- can
- sack
- axinomancy
- fired
- hew
- hewn
- sacked
- canned
- dismiss
- terminate
Crossword Answer definitions
CANS noun- A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top.
- A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
- A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.
- A chamber pot, now a toilet or lavatory.
- Buttocks.
- Jail or prison.
- (in the plural) Headphones.
- A drinking cup.
- A cube-shaped buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
- A chimney pot.
- (in the plural) an E-meter used in Scientology auditing.
- To seal in a can.
- To preserve by heating and sealing in a jar or can.
- To discard, scrap or terminate (an idea, project, etc.).
- To shut up.
- To fire or dismiss an employee.
- To hole the ball.
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 CANS
- Puts up?
- Some recyclables
- Preserves
- Recyclables
- Blocks someone from their trade?
- Ends of a certain homemade phone
- Food drive offerings
- Fires
- Supermarket stack
- Bomb shelter items