The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SHIV which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2008.
Thug's weapon crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SHIV | 50 % | 4 |
| BRASSKNUCKLES | 17 % | 13 |
| KNIFE | 17 % | 5 |
| ROD | 17 % | 3 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Thug's weapon
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- ice
- abet
- gang
- heat
- keep
- keeps
- gat
- knife
- rod
- shiv
- bertillon system
- cangue
Crossword Answer definitions
SHIV noun- A knife, especially a makeshift one fashioned from something not normally used as a weapon (like a plastic spoon or a toothbrush).
- A particular woody by-product of processing flax or hemp.
- To stab someone with a shiv.
- (by extension) To stab someone with anything not normally used as a stabbing weapon.
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 SHIV
- Blade, in slang
- Punk's knife
- Sharp pointed implement
- Weapon in a rumble
- Pen knife?
- Back-alley blade
- Switchblade
- Knife, slangily
- Prison weapon
- Gang weapon (slang)
More clues leading to the result BRASSKNUCKLES
- Street tough's weapon
- Weapon used by hired muscle
- Illegal punch enhancers, in boxing
- Hand-y weapon
- Dangerous band?
- Spare parts for a robot?
- Hand weapons
- Thug's weapon
- Persuaders of a sort
- Weapons in fisticuffs
More clues leading to the result KNIFE
- Take a stab at
- Leatherman tool
- Mack of song
- Stiletto
- "Clue" weapon
- Prop for Crocodile Dundee
- It may be drawn to scale?
- Bowie's weapon
- Cutler's product
- Part of a place setting