Answer to ""Hold on a sec!"" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word WAIT which also is the latest solution we found used in Wall Street Journal in 2021.

"Hold on a sec!" crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
WAIT	33 %	4
WHOA	17 %	4
NOTYET	17 %	6
ONEMINUTE	17 %	9
BERIGHTBACK	17 %	11

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: "Hold on a sec!"

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

• expect
• expecting
• look
• wait
• waiting
• fast
• for
• line
• talk
• yeah
• yes
• defense

Crossword Answer definitions

WAIT noun

1. A delay.
2. An ambush.
3. One who watches; a watchman.
4. (in the plural) Hautboys, or oboes, played by town musicians.
5. (in the plural) Musicians who sing or play at night or in the early morning, especially at Christmas time; serenaders; musical watchmen. [formerly waites, wayghtes.]

WAIT verb

1. To delay movement or action until the arrival or occurrence of; to await. (Now generally superseded by “wait for”.)
2. To delay movement or action until some event or time; to remain neglected or in readiness.
3. To wait tables; to serve customers in a restaurant or other eating establishment.
4. To attend on; to accompany; especially, to attend with ceremony or respect.
5. To attend as a consequence; to follow upon; to accompany.
6. To defer or postpone (especially a meal).
7. To remain chaste while one's lover is unavailable.

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 WAIT

• Get in line, perhaps
• Links annoyance
• Street crossing signal
• "Back off!"
• "Hold on!"
• Stand in line
• Hold tight
• Stand by
• "Don't go so fast!"
• "Don't move!"

More clues leading to the result WHOA

• Halter for a horse
• Mountie's command
• Rider's "Stop!"
• Dobbin stopper
• Not so fast!
• Horse halter
• "Get the fuck out"
• Interjection that seemingly no one on the internet can spell correctly
• "Hang on"
• "That blew my mind!"

More clues leading to the result NOTYET

• Maybe someday
• Reply to "Are we there?"
• Procrastinator's answer
• "Wait a minute"
• Procrastinator's reply
• Later
• "In a minute or so"
• "Later, maybe"
• Some other time
• "Hold yer horses!"

More clues leading to the result ONEMINUTE

• "I'm busy"
• "Just a sec"
• "I'll be right with you!"
• "Be right there"
• "Hold on ..."
• 'Hold on a sec'
• What each square in this puzzle grid represents

More clues leading to the result BERIGHTBACK

• "Hold on!"
• "Hang on for a sec"
• "Hold on a sec"
• "Returning soon"