The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word HUMS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2023.
Purrs, as an engine crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| HUMS | 100 % | 4 |
Why may HUMS be the right solution?
The word "hum" is often used to describe the low, continuous sound that an engine makes when it's running smoothly. Therefore, "purrs, as an engine" is a clue that is suggesting the answer "hums."
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Purrs, as an engine
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Crossword Answer definitions
HUMS noun- A hummed tune, i.e. created orally with lips closed.
- An often indistinct sound resembling human humming.
- Busy activity, like the buzz of a beehive.
- Unpleasant odour.
- An imposition or hoax; humbug.
- A kind of strong drink.
- A phenomenon, or collection of phenomena, involving widespread reports of a persistent and invasive low-frequency humming, rumbling, or droning noise not audible to all people.
- To make a sound from the vocal chords without pronouncing any real words, with one's lips closed.
- To express by humming.
- To drone like certain insects naturally do in motion, or sounding similarly
- To buzz, be busily active like a beehive
- To produce low sounds which blend continuously
- To reek, smell bad.
- To flatter by approving; to cajole; to deceive or impose upon; to humbug.
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