The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word FANS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Strikes out, slangily crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| FANS | 100 % | 4 |
Why may FANS be the right solution?
The answer "FANS" for "Strikes out, slangily" is because in baseball slang, "fans" means to strike out a batter, as in the pitcher made the batter swing and miss at the ball.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Strikes out, slangily
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- doped
- strafe
- strikeout
- strike
- whiffer
- strike out
- dope
- scopes
- unlax
- clock
- hit
- bombing
Crossword Answer definitions
FANS noun- A hand-held device consisting of concertinaed material, or slats of material, gathered together at one end, that may be opened out into the shape of a sector of a circle and waved back and forth in order to move air towards oneself and cool oneself.
- An electrical or mechanical device for moving air, used for cooling people, machinery, etc.
- The action of fanning; agitation of the air.
- Anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail.
- An instrument for winnowing grain, by moving which the grain is tossed and agitated, and the chaff is separated and blown away.
- A small vane or sail, used to keep the large sails of a smock mill always in the direction of the wind.
- A section of a tree having a finite number of branches
- To blow air on (something) by means of a fan (hand-held, mechanical or electrical) or otherwise.
- To slap (a behind, especially).
- (usually to fan out) To move or spread in multiple directions from one point, in the shape of a hand-held fan.
- To dispel by waving a hand-held fan.
- To perform a maneuver that involves flicking the top rear of an old-style gun.
- (metaphoric) To invigorate, like flames when fanned.
- To winnow grain.
- A person who is fond of something or someone, especially an admirer of a performer or aficionado of a sport.
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