The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word CAN , but the solution may also be POKEY which is one of the most recent solution (2019 in USA Today).
Jail, slangily crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| CAN | 50 % | 3 |
| SLAMMER | 10 % | 7 |
| THECLINK | 10 % | 8 |
| COOLER | 10 % | 6 |
| POKEY | 10 % | 5 |
| CLINK | 10 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Jail, slangily
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- can
- clink
- cooler
- slammer
- coop
- rap
- screw
- stir
- tank
- pen
- ass
- hold
Crossword Answer definitions
CAN verb- (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
- (modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.
- (auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.
- To know.
- 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 CAN
- Food holder
- Lay off
- Fire
- Pantry item
- Preserve
- Dismiss
- Issue walking papers to
- Recyclable item
- Recycled item
- Soup unit
More clues leading to the result SLAMMER
More clues leading to the result THECLINK
More clues leading to the result COOLER
- Ice chest
- Picnic box
- Place for beer
- More like the Canadian Arctic, perhaps
- Picnic container
- Jail, slangily
- Lockup
- Slammer
- Bud holder?
- Picnic convenience
More clues leading to the result POKEY
- He was a slow pup
- Gumby's horse
- Hoosegow
- Slammer
- Lockup
- Gumby's chum
- Hokey- ___
- Jail
- Gumby's sidekick
- Gumby's pony