The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word WIPES
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More clues leading to the result WIPES
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The straight part
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What does WIPES mean?
WIPES noun- The act of wiping something.
- A soft piece of cloth or cloth-like material used for wiping.
- A kind of film transition where one shot replaces another by travelling from one side of the frame to another or with a special shape.
- A sarcastic remark; a reproof, a jibe.
- To move an object over, maintaining contact, with the intention of removing some substance from the surface. (Compare rub.)
- To remove by rubbing; to rub off; to obliterate; usually followed by away, off, or out.
- To cheat; to defraud; to trick; usually followed by out.
- To erase.
- To make (a joint, as between pieces of lead pipe), by surrounding the junction with a mass of solder, applied in a plastic condition by means of a rag with which the solder is shaped by rubbing.
- To remove an expression from one's face.
- To deperm (a ship).
- A lapwing, especially a northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus).
- An instance of all members of a party dying in a single campaign, event, or battle; a wipeout.
- To have all members of a party die in a single campaign, event, or battle; to be wiped out.