The Clue
Kind of drop (4 letter answer)
The Answer
TEAR
Tags
Notes
The answer TEAR is seen frequently, appearing about once every 60 puzzles.
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Bat
Bender
Binge
Dash
Lacerate
Lachryma
Rend
Rip
Rupture
Speed
Spree
Toot
Wrest
Zoom
Bit of saltwater?
Briny droplet
Duct droplet
Eye drop
Get moist
Hightail it
Kind of gas
Kind of jerker
Lachrymal drop
Make haste
Mar, in a way
Pull apart
Sail problem
Saline drop
Salty drop
Sign of pathos
Sign of sorrow
Sign of weeping
Spacesuit worry
Do 80, say
Drop or gas leader
Get misty-eyed
Go like mad
Rip or rip along
Run like the wind
Tiny bit of crying
Definition
TEAR as a noun:
1. (tear, teardrop) = a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands; "his story brought tears to her eyes"
2. (rip, rent, snag, split, tear) = an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart; "there was a rip in his pants"; "she had snags in her stockings"
3. (bust, tear, binge, bout) = an occasion for excessive eating or drinking; "they went on a bust that lasted three days"
4. the act of tearing; "he took the manuscript in both hands and gave it a mighty tear"
TEAR as a verb:
1. (tear, rupture, snap, bust) = separate or cause to separate abruptly; "The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
2. to separate or be separated by force; "planks were in danger of being torn from the crossbars"
3. (tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck) = move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
4. (pluck, pull, tear, deplume, deplumate, displume) = strip of feathers; "pull a chicken"; "pluck the capon"
5. fill with tears or shed tears; "Her eyes were tearing"