Cryptic crossword clue
2s in fuzzy close-up 7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word COUPLES

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What does COUPLES mean?

COUPLES noun
  1. Two partners in a romantic or sexual relationship.
  2. Two of the same kind connected or considered together.
  3. A small number.
  4. One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery, called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.
  5. Two forces that are equal in magnitude but opposite in direction (and acting along parallel lines), thus creating the turning effect of a torque or moment.
  6. A couple-close.
  7. That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler.
COUPLES verb
  1. To join (two things) together, or (one thing) to (another).
  2. To join in wedlock; to marry.
  3. To join in sexual intercourse; to copulate.

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