The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word SEC , but the solution may also be A SEC which is one of the most recent solution (2024 in New York Times).
Two shakes crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| SEC | 63 % | 3 |
| MOMENT | 25 % | 6 |
| JIFFY | 6 % | 5 |
| A SEC | 6 % | 5 |
Why may A-SEC be the right solution?
"Two shakes" is a casual way of referring to a very short amount of time. "A SEC" is short for "a second," making it a fitting answer to the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Two shakes
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- sec
- moment
- soon
- jiffy
- shaker
- agitator
- average
- whip
- shake
- shaking
- ague
- okay
Crossword Answer definitions
SEC noun- Second, 1/60 of a minute.
- One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation corresponding to the transition between two hyperfine levels of caesium-133 in a ground state at a temperature of absolute zero and at rest.
- A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
- A short, indeterminate amount of time.
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 SEC
- "Hold on a ___!"
- "Just a __!"
- "Short" time
- Financial regulatory org.
- Investor-protecting gr.
- Jiff
- Jiffy
- Moment
- Not sweet, winewise
- NYSE reg.
More clues leading to the result MOMENT
- Eyeblink
- Short time
- Second
- Instant in time
- Jiffy
- Importance
- Instant
- Instant of truth?
- Brief interval
- Senior __
More clues leading to the result JIFFY
- Quick sec
- Short span, slangily
- Blink of an eye
- Instant
- Twinkling
- In a __ (quickly)
- Instant: Colloq.
- Two shakes.
- Sec
- Flash