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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

GAD
A sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward; "cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on"

BUM
A person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British call a contemptible person a `git'"

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RIDE
A journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile); "he took the family for a drive in his new car"

FLOW
The act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression

SAIL
Move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions; "The diva swept into the room"; "Shreds of paper sailed through the air"; "The searchlights swept across the sky"

ROAM
Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"

MILL
The act of grinding to a powder or dust

ROVE
Move about aimlessly or without any destination, often in search of food or employment; "The gypsies roamed the woods"; "roving vagabonds"; "the wandering Jew"; "The cattle roam across the prairie"; "the laborers drift from one town to the next"; "They rolled from town to town"

WAFT
A long flag; often tapering

TEND
Manage or run; "tend a store"

TREK
A journey by ox wagon (especially an organized migration by a group of settlers)

ROLL
Walking with a swaying gait

SCUD
The act of moving along swiftly (as before a gale)

SKIM
Reading or glancing through quickly

HIKE
A long walk usually for exercise or pleasure; "she enjoys a hike in her spare time"

WASH
The work of cleansing (usually with soap and water)

FLIT
A secret move (to avoid paying debts); "they did a moonlight flit"

MUCK
Soil with mud, muck, or mire; "The child mucked up his shirt while playing ball in the garden"

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HOVER
Hang in the air; fly or be suspended above

JAUNT
A journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"

MOSEY
Walk leisurely

COAST
The act of moving smoothly along a surface while remaining in contact with it; "his slide didn't stop until the bottom of the hill"; "the children lined up for a coast down the snowy slope"

AMBLE
A leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

STRAY
An animal that has strayed (especially a domestic animal)

MOOCH
Someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)

FLOAT
An air-filled sac near the spinal column in many fishes that helps maintain buoyancy

DRIFT
A general tendency to change (as of opinion); "not openly liberal but that is the trend of the book"; "a broad movement of the electorate to the right"

DANCE
Taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music

TRAIL
Evidence pointing to a possible solution; "the police are following a promising lead"; "the trail led straight to the perpetrator"

SLIDE
Move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; "the wheels skidded against the sidewalk"

RANGE
A place for shooting (firing or driving) projectiles of various kinds; "the army maintains a missile range in the desert"; "any good golf club will have a range where you can practice"

TRAMP
A disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"

AMASS
Get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

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CRUISE
An ocean trip taken for pleasure

WANDER
Be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage; "She cheats on her husband"; "Might her husband be wandering?"

PILEUP
Get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

GATHER
Collect in one place; "We assembled in the church basement"; "Let's gather in the dining room"

STROLL
A leisurely walk (usually in some public place)

LINGER
Remain present although waning or gradually dying; "Her perfume lingered on"

RAMBLE
An aimless amble on a winding course

AIROUT
Expose to cool or cold air so as to cool or freshen; "air the old winter clothes"; "air out the smoke-filled rooms"

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FLUTTER
The act of moving back and forth

MEANDER
An aimless amble on a winding course

GUMSHOE
A waterproof overshoe that protects shoes from water or snow

SAUNTER
A careless leisurely gait; "he walked with a kind of saunter as if he hadn't a care in the world"

TRAIPSE
Walk or tramp about

MAUNDER
Wander aimlessly

FLITTER
Move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered"

FLICKER
The act of moving back and forth

DEVIATE
A person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior

DIVERGE
Be at variance with; be out of line with

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STRAGGLE
A wandering or disorderly grouping (of things or persons); "a straggle of outbuildings"; "a straggle of followers"

ABERRATE
Diverge or deviate from the straight path; produce aberration; "The surfaces of the concave lens may be proportioned so as to aberrate exactly equal to the convex lens"

DIVAGATE
Lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking; "She always digresses when telling a story"; "her mind wanders"; "Don't digress when you give a lecture"

DRAWNEAR
Move towards; "We were approaching our destination"; "They are drawing near"; "The enemy army came nearer and nearer"

VAGABOND
A wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support

9 letters

GALLIVANT
Wander aimlessly in search of pleasure

GRAVITATE
Move due to the pull of gravitation; "The stars gravitate towards each other"

GLOBETROT

BATAROUND

HOPSCOTCH
A game in which a child tosses a stone into an area drawn on the ground and then hops through it and back to regain the stone

BUMAROUND
Be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"

10 letters

MILLAROUND
Move about in a confused manner

KNOCKABOUT
Full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy"

KICKAROUND
Treat badly; abuse; "They won't have me to kick around any more!"

ACCUMULATE
Get or gather together; "I am accumulating evidence for the man's unfaithfulness to his wife"; "She is amassing a lot of data for her thesis"; "She rolled up a small fortune"

11 letters

KNOCKAROUND

PEREGRINATE
Travel around, through, or over, especially on foot; "peregrinate the bridge"

12 letters

CIRCUMLOCUTE

14 letters

CIRCUMAMBULATE
Walk around something