The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DIVE
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More clues leading to the result DIVE
- Five inside exit disreputable place
- Trip in car, overlooking right seedy club!
- Long to take in very shady joint
- Onset of distinguished setter’s swift decline
- Hole, see, inside cube
- Holy man dropping in to grotty nightspot
- Attack sleazy bar lot
- Some of the videos played back in sleazy bar
- What cheats do in football club that’s dodgy?
- What footballers might do illegitimately in dodgy club
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The straight part
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What does DIVE mean?
DIVE noun- A jump or plunge into water.
- A headfirst jump toward the ground or into another substance.
- A downward swooping motion.
- A swim under water.
- A decline.
- A seedy bar, nightclub, etc.
- Aerial descent with the nose pointed down.
- A deliberate fall after a challenge.
- To swim under water.
- To jump into water head-first.
- To jump headfirst toward the ground or into another substance.
- To descend sharply or steeply.
- (especially with in) To undertake with enthusiasm.
- To deliberately fall down after a challenge, imitating being fouled, in the hope of getting one's opponent penalised.
- To cause to descend, dunk; to plunge something into water.
- To explore by diving; to plunge into.
- To plunge or to go deeply into any subject, question, business, etc.; to penetrate; to explore.
- Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress.
- A person who may be considered or who considers herself (or by extension himself) much more important than others, has high expectations of others and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges.
- A supernatural entity of disagreeable nature.