Cryptic crossword clue
Part of the body that’s nothing to smile about? 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word GROIN

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What does GROIN mean?

GROIN noun
  1. The crease or depression of the human body at the junction of the trunk and the thigh, together with the surrounding region.
  2. The area adjoining this fold or depression.
  3. The projecting solid angle formed by the meeting of two vaults
  4. The genitals.
  5. The surface formed by two such vaults.
GROIN verb
  1. To deliver a blow to the genitals of.
  2. To build with groins.
  3. (literary) To hollow out, to excavate.
GROIN verb
  1. To grunt; to growl; to snarl; to murmur.
GROIN noun
  1. An often wooden structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater.

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