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3 | 28% | 7 | An action commonly seen in species like cats and big cats, wherein they curl their lips while inhaling a scent | |
The Cats Whiskers Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "TOPS" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Of the highest quality noun
- • The highest or uppermost part of something.
- • A child’s spinning toy; a spinning top.
- • (heading) someone who is eminent.
- • (bdsm) a dominant partner in a bdsm relationship or roleplay.
- • A man penetrating or with a preference for penetrating during homosexual intercourse.
- • A top quark.
- • The utmost degree; the acme; the summit.
- • (ropemaking) a plug, or conical block of wood, with longitudinal grooves on its surface, in which the strands of the rope slide in the process of twisting.
- • (sound) highest pitch or loudest volume.
- • (wool manufacture) a bundle or ball of slivers of combed wool, from which the noils, or dust, have been taken out.
- • (obsolete, except in one sense of phrase on top of) eve; verge; point.
- • The part of a cut gem between the girdle, or circumference, and the table, or flat upper surface.
- • (in the plural) topboots.
- • A stroke on the top of the ball.
- • A forward spin given to the ball by hitting it on or near the top.
- • (in restaurants, preceded by a number) (a table at which there is, or which has enough seats for) a group of a specified number of people eating at a restaurant.
- • The uppermost field of a dartboard; the double-20 field verb
- • To cover on the top or with a top.
- • To cut or remove the top (as of a tree)
- • To excel, to surpass, to beat.
- • To be in the lead, to be at number one position (of).
- • To commit suicide.
- • To murder.
- • (bdsm) to be the dominant partner in a bdsm relationship or roleplay.
- • (gay sexuality) to be the partner who penetrates in anal sex.
- • (gay sexuality) to anally penetrate.
- • To rise aloft; to be eminent; to tower.
- • To predominate.
- • To excel; to rise above others.
- • To raise one end of (a yard, etc.), making it higher than the other.
- • (dyeing) to cover with another dye.
- • To put a stiffening piece or back on (a saw blade).
- • To arrange (fruit, etc.) with the best on top.
- • (of a horse) to strike the top of (an obstacle) with the hind feet while jumping, so as to gain new impetus.
- • To improve (domestic animals, especially sheep) by crossing certain individuals or breeds with other superior breeds.
- • To cut, break, or otherwise take off the top of (a steel ingot) to remove unsound metal.
- • To strike (the ball) above the centre; also, to make (a stroke, etc.) by hitting the ball in this way. adjective
- • Great; excellent. adverb
- • At the very most; as a maximum.
An example sentence would be:
- • "He always buys designer tops for his wife."
- • "The tree branches reached for the sky, touching the tops of the neighboring buildings."
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New York Times05 Jan 1986 | Across 118 | |
New York Times16 Oct 1985 | Across 37 | |
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