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Attempt Informally Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is STAB which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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99%4Exact Match!
noun

• a sudden sharp feeling

• a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument

• informal words for any attempt or effort

verb

• use a knife on

• stab or pierce

• poke or thrust abruptly

98%5Exact Match!
noun

• confused movement

• the shape of something rotating rapidly

• a usually brief attempt

• the act of rotating rapidly

verb

• turn in a twisting or spinning motion

• cause to spin

• flow in a circular current, of liquids

• revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

• fly around

29%8 A second attempt at something after the first attempt failed
noun

• an approach that fails and gives way to another attempt

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New York Times27 Jun 2019 Down 5
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