The Clue
Word with slip or slide (4 letter answer)
The Answer
KNOT
Tags
Notes
The answer KNOT is seen frequently, appearing about once every 120 puzzles.
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Definition
KNOT as a noun:
1. a tight cluster of people or things; "a small knot of women listened to his sermon"
2. any of various fastenings formed by looping and tying a rope (or cord) upon itself or to another rope or to another object
3. a hard cross-grained round piece of wood in a board where a branch emerged; "the saw buckled when it hit a knot"
4. (knot, gnarl) = something twisted and tight and swollen; "their muscles stood out in knots"; "the old man's fists were two great gnarls"; "his stomach was in knots"
5. (nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile) = a unit of length used in navigation; equivalent to the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude; 1,852 meters
6. (slub, knot, burl) = soft lump or unevenness in a yarn; either an imperfection or created by design
7. (knot, greyback, grayback, Calidris canutus) = a sandpiper that breeds in the arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
KNOT as a verb:
1. make into knots; make knots out of; "She knotted der fingers"
2. tie or fasten into a knot; "knot the shoelaces"
3. (ravel, tangle, knot) = tangle or complicate; "a ravelled story"