The Clue
Guard's cry (4 letter answer)
The Answer
HALT
Tags
Notes
The answer HALT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 150 puzzles.
Related Clues
Cease
Crippled
Discontinue
End
"Freeze!"
Freeze
Lame
Limping
Standstill
"Stop!"
Stop
Stoppage
Suspension
Vacillate
Arrest progress
Cease moving
Drill command
Gatehouse cry
Gatekeeper's cry
Military command
Sentry's command
Sentry's cry
Sentry's order
Sentry's "Stop!"
Sentry's word
Shut down
"Stop!," at a checkpoint
Stop order?
Stop short
Waver; falter
Border guard's command
Drill sergeant's order
"Stop right there!"
Old-fashioned police cry
Definition
HALT as a noun:
1. (arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage) = the state of inactivity following an interruption; "the negotiations were in arrest"; "held them in check"; "during the halt he got some lunch"; "the momentary stay enabled him to escape the blow"; "he spent the entire stop in his seat"
2. (stop, halt) = the event of something ending; "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"
3. (freeze, halt) = an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement; "a halt in the arms race"; "a nuclear freeze"
HALT as a verb:
1. (halt, hold, arrest) = cause to stop; "Halt the engines"; "Arrest the progress"; "halt the presses"
2. (stop, halt) = come to a halt, stop moving; "the car stopped"; "She stopped in front of a store window"
3. (stop, halt, block, kibosh) = stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"
4. (stem, stanch, staunch, halt) = stop the flow of a liquid; "staunch the blood flow"; "them the tide"
HALT as an adjective:
1. (crippled, halt, halting, lame, gimpy, game) = disabled in the feet or legs; "a crippled soldier"; "a game leg"