Answer to "Nothing-doing?" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word IDLE , but the solution may also be NO DICE which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).

Nothing-doing? crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
IDLE	29 %	4
NIX	24 %	3
NOSOAP	17 %	6
NODEAL	7 %	6
NODICE	5 %	6
IN IDLE	2 %	7
UHUH	2 %	4
NOGO	2 %	4
NAH	2 %	3
NOWAY	2 %	5
NOLUCK	2 %	6
NO DICE	2 %	7
NOPE	2 %	4

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Nothing-doing?

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

• nothing but
• no dice
• nothings
• for nothing
• noneffective
• resultless
• fruitlessness
• jack shit
• profitless
• unavailing
• nothin
• unsuccess

Crossword Answer definitions

IDLE noun

1. An idle animation.
2. An idle game.

IDLE verb

1. To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
2. To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
3. Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.

IDLE adjective

1. Empty, vacant.
2. Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.
3. Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
4. Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
5. Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
6. Light-headed; foolish.

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 IDLE

• Lay off
• Like some threats
• Not in use
• Not working
• Twiddling one's thumbs
• Cleese's cohort, once
• Inactive
• Like chatter, perhaps
• Run in neutral
• Unoccupied

More clues leading to the result NIX

• Veto
• Put the kibosh on
• Refuse to allow
• "No way!"
• Cancel
• Strike from the record
• Shoot down
• Give the thumbs-down to
• Reject
• Turn thumbs-down on

More clues leading to the result NOSOAP

• Never!
• "Ain't happening!"
• "Nix!"
• "Forget it!"
• "Ain't happening"
• "Forget about it!"
• "Fat chance!"
• "Fuhgeddaboudit!"
• "You're out of luck"
• "Sorry, Charlie"

More clues leading to the result NODEAL

• Negotiator's turndown
• Response to an offer
• One answer on a game of chance
• Bad words for businessmen
• Business refusal
• "Nix on that"
• "Sorry, Charlie"
• Opposite of "I'll sign!"
• "Forget about it!"
• "Forget it!"

More clues leading to the result NODICE

• "Forget it."
• "Forget it!"
• "Forget about it!"
• "It's not happening"
• "Ain't gonna happen!"
• "Fat chance!"
• "Uh uh"
• "Uh uh!"
• "Not gonna happen!"
• "Fuggedaboutit!"

More clues leading to the result IN IDLE

• Nothing-doing?

More clues leading to the result UHUH

• "Hex naw"
• "No dice"
• "Ain't happening"
• "Fuhgeddit"
• "Never gonna happen"
• "Nope"
• "Nah"
• Inelegant denial
• "Not a chance"
• "Nothing doing"

More clues leading to the result NOGO

• Aborted launch
• Canceled
• Canceled, to NASA
• Canceled, NASA-style
• Nixed by NASA
• Nix for 32 Across
• Thumbs-down at NASA
• Mission-scrapping words
• Forbidden
• NASA negative

More clues leading to the result NAH

• Slangy dissent
• "Forget it!"
• Rebuttal to "Yeah"
• Negative
• No dice
• Slangy negative
• Uh-uh!
• "I'll skip it"
• Slangy refusal
• "Uh-uh"

More clues leading to the result NOWAY

• "Forget about it!"
• "In your dreams!"
• "Not even if you paid me ..."
• "Fuhgeddaboudit!"
• "Never in a million years!"
• "Keep dreaming!"
• "Dream on!"
• "Ixnay!"
• "Absolutely not!"
• "Impossible!"

More clues leading to the result NOLUCK

• "Couldn't find it"
• "Can't catch a break"
• Frustrated searcher's news
• "Darn it, didn't work!"
• Possible reply to "Did you find it?"
• Nothing doing.
• Searcher's lament
• "Welp, guess I have to try again"
• "Hasn't turned up!"
• "I couldn't find it"

More clues leading to the result NO DICE

• “Nothing doing”

More clues leading to the result NOPE

• "Uh-uh"
• Yup's opposite
• Curt negative
• "Uh-uh!"
• "Ain't happening"
• "Forget it"
• "Keep dreaming"
• "Nuh-uh"
• "Sorry, pal"
• "Unh-unh"