Deterrent for some voters (4 letters)

{ Answer }

RAIN

{ Related Clues }

Acid ___
Pour
Shower
April visitor
Cloudburst result
Delayer at Wimbledon
Drought ender
Game delayer
Meteorological prognostication
Parade stopper
Picnic spoiler
Reason for postponement
Weather forecast
Weather word
Wet forecast
Backdrop for Gene Kelly
Cause of a game cancellation
Eagels vehicle: 1922
Farmer's prayer, perhaps
Jeanne Eagels play
Not be fair?
Parade spoiler, perhaps
Pitter-patter, perhaps
A pluviometer measures it
Seeders make it
Willard Scott word
Classic play based on a Maugham tale

{ Tags }

based, cause, check, delay, eagels, forecast, game, kind, maugham, parade, picnic, play, pour, rain, reason, spoiler, stopper, story, vehicle, word, 1922

{ Notes }

The answer RAIN is seen frequently, appearing about once every 80 puzzles.

{ Definition }

RAIN as a noun:

1. (rain, rainfall) = water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere

2. (rain, rainwater) = drops of fresh water that fall as precipitation from clouds

3. (rain, pelting) = anything happening rapidly or in quick successive; "a rain of bullets"; "a pelting of insults"

RAIN as a verb:

1. (rain, rain down) = precipitate as rain; "If it rains much more, we can expect some flooding"