Cryptic crossword clue
Make things fast with a cogwheel 6

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word PINION

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What does PINION mean?

PINION noun
  1. A wing.
  2. The joint of a bird's wing farthest from the body.
  3. Any of the outermost primary feathers on a bird's wing.
  4. A moth of the genus Lithophane.
  5. A fetter for the arm.
PINION verb
  1. To cut off the pinion of a bird’s wing, or otherwise disable or bind its wings, in order to prevent it from flying.
  2. To bind the arms of someone, so as to deprive him of their use; to disable by so binding.
  3. (transferred sense) To restrain; to limit.
PINION noun
  1. The smallest gear in a gear train.

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