Answer to "They might have bones to pick" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DOGS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.

They might have bones to pick crossword clue answers

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

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
DOGS	50 %	4
MEATEATERS	50 %	10

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: They might have bones to pick

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

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• pharyngeal
• boycott
• ossicles
• hops
• any
• may
• possible
• see
• textbook
• chameleon

Crossword Answer definitions

DOGS noun

1. A mammal, Canis familiaris or Canis lupus familiaris, that has been domesticated for thousands of years, of highly variable appearance due to human breeding.
2. Any member of the Family Canidae, including domestic dogs, wolves, coyotes, jackals, foxes, and their relatives (extant and extinct); canid.
3. A male dog, wolf or fox, as opposed to a bitch or vixen.
4. A dull, unattractive girl or woman.
5. A man (derived from definition 2).
6. A coward.
7. Someone who is morally reprehensible.
8. A sexually aggressive man (cf. horny).
9. Any of various mechanical devices for holding, gripping, or fastening something, particularly with a tooth-like projection.
10. A click or pallet adapted to engage the teeth of a ratchet-wheel, to restrain the back action; a click or pawl. (See also: ratchet, windlass)
11. A metal support for logs in a fireplace.
12. The eighteenth Lenormand card.
13. A hot dog.
14. Underdog.
15. (almost always in the plural) Foot.
16. (from "dog and bone") Phone or mobile phone.
17. One of the cones used to divide up a racetrack when training horses.
18. A flop; a film that performs poorly at the box office.

DOGS verb

1. To pursue with the intent to catch.
2. To follow in an annoying or harassing way.
3. To fasten a hatch securely.
4. To watch, or participate, in sexual activity in a public place.
5. To intentionally restrict one's productivity as employee; to work at the slowest rate that goes unpunished.
6. To criticize.
7. To divide (a watch) with a comrade.

DOGS noun

1. Meat from a dog eaten as food.
2. Meat prepared to be given to a dog as food.
3. An insult intended to assert hyperbolically that another person has value only as a corpse to be fed to a dog.

DOGS noun

1. Feet, from rhyming slang dog's meat.
2. (usually with the) A greyhound racing event; the sport of greyhound racing.
3. Fasteners securing a watertight hatch.

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 DOGS

• Pugs and boxers
• Tracks
• Hounds
• Tails relentlessly
• Walker's charges
• Half of this puzzle's competitors
• Feet, in slang
• Follows persistently
• Shadows relentlessly
• Lead a ___ life

More clues leading to the result MEATEATERS

• Lions, tigers, and bears
• Deli counter customers, as a rule
• Carnivores
• Ones enjoying a rare meal?
• They might have bones to pick
• Steakhouse patrons