The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word AXES , but the solution may also be BOOTS which is one of the most recent solution (2018 in LA Times).
Gives the heave-ho crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| AXES | 27 % | 4 |
| CANS | 27 % | 4 |
| EJECTS | 13 % | 6 |
| OUSTS | 13 % | 5 |
| BOOTS | 7 % | 5 |
| SACKS | 7 % | 5 |
| JILTS | 7 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Gives the heave-ho
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ejects
- fire
- boot
- sack
- toss
- axe
- can
- eject
- expel
- jilt
- oust
- yo-ho-ho
Crossword Answer definitions
AXES noun- A tool for felling trees or chopping wood etc. consisting of a heavy head flattened to a blade on one side, and a handle attached to it.
- An ancient weapon consisting of a head that has one or two blades and a long handle.
- A dismissal or rejection.
- A gigging musician's particular instrument, especially a guitar in rock music or a saxophone in jazz.
- A position, interest, or reason in buying and selling stock, often with ulterior motives.
- The axle of a wheel.
- To request (information, or an answer to a question).
- To put forward (a question) to be answered.
- To interrogate or enquire of (a person).
- To request or petition; usually with for.
- To request permission to do something.
- To require, demand, claim, or expect, whether by way of remuneration or return, or as a matter of necessity.
- To invite.
- To publish in church for marriage; said of both the banns and the persons.
- To take (a person's situation) as an example.
- To fell or chop with an axe.
- To lay off, terminate or drastically reduce, especially in a rough or ruthless manner; to cancel.
- To furnish with an axle.
- An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
- A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis)
- The second cervical vertebra of the spine
- A form of classification and descriptions of mental disorders or disabilities used in manuals such as the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
- The main stem or central part about which organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
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 AXES
- Chops off
- Fires
- Shows to the door
- Terminates
- X, Y, and Z
- Fellers
- Graph lines
- Fire department tools
- Lines in geometry class
- Props in some "The Wizard of Oz" costumes
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
More clues leading to the result EJECTS
- Bails out, nowadays
- Boots out
- Tosses out
- Removes, as a CD
- Throws out
- Bounces
- Kicks out
- Pops out, as a DVD
- Removes, as a DVD
- Boots
More clues leading to the result OUSTS
- Boots
- Kicks out
- Shows the door to
- Forces to leave
- Banishes
- Sends packing
- Gives the boot to
- Unseats
- Gives the boot
- Deposes
More clues leading to the result BOOTS
- These Are Made For Walkin'
- 1903 Kipling poem
- Starts up, as a PC
- Starts up the PC
- Wellies, e.g.
- Sax legend Randolph
- Starts up, as a program
- Gets a kick out of?
- "Yakety Sax" player Randolph
- Mukluks
More clues leading to the result SACKS
- Potato packages
- Potato holders
- Neuroscientist Oliver
- Potato bags
- "Awakenings" author
- Fires
- Gives the ax to
- Lets go
- Axes
- Burlap bags