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Strike Lightly Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is TAP which was last seen in the The Guardian Quick crossword.
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99%3Exact Match!
noun

• the sound made by a gentle blow

• a gentle blow

• a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask

• a small metal plate that attaches to the toe or heel of a shoe (as in tap dancing)

• a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads

• a plug for a bunghole in a cask

• the act of tapping a telephone or telegraph line to get information

• a light touch or stroke

verb

• cut a female screw thread with a tap

• draw from or dip into to get something

• strike lightly

• draw from; make good use of

• tap a telephone or telegraph wire to get information

• furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid from it

• make light, repeated taps on a surface

• walk with a tapping sound

• dance and make rhythmic clicking sounds by means of metal plates nailed to the sole of the dance shoes

• draw (liquor) from a tap

• pierce in order to draw a liquid from

• make a solicitation or entreaty for something; request urgently or persistently

98%5TAPONExact Match!
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40%10Strike, strike, strike!
noun

• an out resulting from the batter getting three strikes

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Source #Number Answer
The Guardian Quick14 Dec 2020 Down 1
The Guardian Quick01 Sep 2018 Down 2
New York Times07 Nov 2016 Down 2 TAPON
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