The Clue
Car radio button (4 letter answer)
The Answer
SCAN
Tags
Notes
The answer SCAN is seen frequently, appearing about once every 90 puzzles.
Related Clues
Brain ___
Examine
Peruse
Scrutinize
Search
Survey
Analyze verse
Capture electronically
Computer image
Computer picture
Conform, metrically
Employ radar
Examine closely
Look over
Radar display
Read carefully
Read quickly
Scrutinize carefully
Security procedure
Skim through
Supermarket check
Swipe at the store
Close, searching look
Diagnostic test, of a sort
Give the once-over
Go over, as with radar
Look over hastily
Read a bar code
Read, as bar codes
Read, as a U.P.C. symbol
Read, as U.P.C. symbols
Supermarket checkout action
Use binoculars, say
Use an optical reader
Word with price or brain
What a CAT can do
Definition
SCAN as a noun:
1. the act of scanning; systematic examination of a prescribed region; "he made a thorough scan of the beach with his binoculars"
2. (scan, CAT scan) = an image produced by scanning; "he analyzed the brain scan"; "you could see the tumor in the CAT scan"
SCAN as a verb:
1. examine minutely or intensely; "the surgeon scanned the X-ray"
2. (scan, skim, rake, glance over, run down) = examine hastily; "She scanned the newspaper headlines while waiting for the taxi"
3. make a wide, sweeping search of; "The beams scanned the night sky"
4. conform to a metrical pattern
5. move a light beam over; in electronics, to reproduce an image
6. read metrically; "scan verses"
7. (read, scan) = obtain data from magnetic tapes; "This dictionary can be read by the computer"