The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word SLAP
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More clues leading to the result SLAP
- Irresponsible and secretive about a software substitute for litmus?
- Make-up friends rejected also a hit
- Hit friends turning up
- Smack friends the wrong way
- Returning friends' buffet
- Revolutionary friends at university like a good meal
- First-class society to delight in
- Such a fine meal, with seconds, to consume with relish
- Small round cuff
- Boisterously free with the greasepaint?
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The straight part
We know that "Make-up/a hit" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case make-up/a hit = slap.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SLAP mean?
SLAP noun- A blow, especially one given with the open hand, or with something broad and flat.
- The sound of such a blow.
- Makeup; cosmetics.
- To give a slap to.
- To cause something to strike soundly.
- To strike soundly against something.
- To be excellent.
- To place, to put carelessly.
- To impose a penalty, etc. on (someone).
- To play slap bass on (an instrument).
- Exactly, precisely