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Buglers Bedtime Tune Crossword Clue
There is 1 exact and 113 possible answers.
We've checked our database and believe the answer is
TAPS which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
TAPS
Updated: October 11, 2023 by Nicoli Westwood
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We think the answer is "TAPS" which means:
- noun
- • (military) signal to turn the lights out verb
- • To furnish with taps.
- • To draw off liquid from a vessel.
- • To deplete, especially of a liquid via a tap; to tap out.
- • To exploit.
- • To place a listening or recording device on a telephone or wired connection.
- • To intercept a communication without authority.
- • To cut an internal screw thread.
- • To turn or flip a card or playing piece to remind players that it has already been used that turn (by analogy to "tapping," in the sense of drawing on to the point of temporary exhaustion, the resources or abilities represented by the card).
- • To cadge, borrow or beg.
- • To drain off fluid by paracentesis.
- • To advance someone for a post or job, or for membership of a club.
- • To strike lightly.
- • To touch one's finger, foot, or other body parts on a surface (usually) repeatedly.
- • To make a sharp noise.
- • To operate an electronic device (e.g. a mobile phone) by tapping a specific place on its (capacitive or other) touch screen.
- • To designate for some duty or for membership, as in 'a tap on the shoulder'.
- • To have sexual intercourse with.
- • To submit to an opponent by tapping one's hand repeatedly.
- • To force (an opponent) to submit.
- • To put a new sole or heel on.
An example sentence would be:
- • "He heard the sound of taps playing in the distance."
- • "She turned on the taps to fill the bathtub with hot water."
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| New York Times22 Dec 2008 | Across 5 | |
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4 | Instrument played by buglers | |
5 | Like many babies at bedtime
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7 | Typically played by buglers in the military |
