Clues for the word "PISTON"
We've had 39 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 64 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Mini crossword on April 03, 2026.
Definition of piston
- n. - A sliding piece which either is moved by, or moves against, fluid pressure. It usually consists of a short cylinder fitting within a cylindrical vessel along which it moves, back and forth. It is used in steam engines to receive motion from the steam, and in pumps to transmit motion to a fluid; also for other purposes.
Referring Clues
- Kind of rod or ring
- Motor City hoopster
- Detroit cager
- Detroit hoopster
- Engine component
- NBAer
- Engine part
- Moving engine part
- Cylinder filler
- Detroit pro
- Detroit NBAer
- Isiah Thomas, once
- One of six in a V-6 engine
- Car engine part
- Cornet valve
- Plunging device
- Center of Detroit, e.g.
- Detroit player
- One of the eight in a V-8
- Tesla's lack
- Detroit basketball player
- Reported drunk on machine part
- Block sliding in hollow cylinder in machinery etc
- Cylinder part
- Points out engine part
- Mechanical device that has a thrusting motion
- No time to drink up
- Detroit athlete
- Motown player
- In a cylinder it moves to different points
- It reciprocates at various points
- Detroit pro player
- Gasoline engine rod
- New points, as in a car engine
- Any of the "Bad Boys" in the 1980s-'90s N.B.A.
- One of eight in a V8
- Slide whistle part
- Motor City pro
- Detroit NBA player
Last Seen In
- Mirror Mini - April 03, 2026
- New York Times - December 08, 2025
- Mirror Daily - July 03, 2025
- Mirror Mini - April 02, 2025
- Mirror Daily - February 21, 2025
- USA Today - September 06, 2024
- LA Times - April 07, 2024
- LA Times - December 30, 2023
- New York Times - November 05, 2023
- Mirror Daily - October 12, 2023
- Mirror Daily - June 18, 2023
- New York Times - June 02, 2023
- Mirror Daily - December 31, 2022
- Mirror Daily - October 03, 2022
- Evening Standard Cryptic - August 09, 2022
- Wall Street Journal - November 01, 2017
- Guardian Quiptic - October 09, 2017
- Guardian Cryptic - September 28, 2017
- Mirror Daily - July 03, 2017
- Netword - April 28, 2017
- New York Times - April 05, 2017
- Mirror Mini - April 02, 2017
- Mirror Daily - February 21, 2017
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - December 13, 2016
- Mirror Daily - July 03, 2016
- Pat Sajack's Code Letter - May 05, 2016
- Mirror Daily - February 21, 2016
- Universal - February 10, 2016
- LA Times - February 24, 2015
- USA Today - November 06, 2014
- And in 34 more crossword puzzles...