crosstown

[ kraws-toun, kros- ]

/ ˈkrɔsˌtaʊn, ˈkrɒs- /

adjective

situated or traveling in a direction extending across a town or city: a crosstown street; a crosstown bus.

adverb

in a direction extending across a town or city: The car sped crosstown.

noun

Informal. a bus running primarily in a crosstown direction.

Origin of crosstown

First recorded in 1885–90; cross- + town

Words nearby crosstown

cross talk, cross the Rubicon, crosstie, cross to bear, cross-tolerance, crosstown, cross-train, cross-trainer, cross training, crosstree, cross up

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Example sentences from the Web for crosstown

Crosstown, uptown, and downtown you may move without seeing her.
Strictly Business|O. Henry
There was a crosstown car that made the trip from school to boarding house fairly easy for Miss Pepperill.
The Corner House Girls' Odd Find|Grace Brooks Hill
Does this crosstown car take you down to the Bridge toward Brooklyn?
Among the Humorists and After Dinner Speakers, Vol. I|Various
By and by they got into a crosstown car, and it was when Win was being helped out by the lion tamer that a motor dashed past.
Winnie Childs|C. N. Williamson

My papa said seven of the crosstown blocks made a mile, and twenty of the short blocks.
Carolyn of the Corners|Ruth Belmore Endicott

British Dictionary definitions for crosstown

cross-town

adjective

US and Canadian going across or following a route across a towna cross-town bus

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单词	crosstown
释义	crosstown [ kraws-toun, kros- ] / ˈkrɔsˌtaʊn, ˈkrɒs- / adjective situated or traveling in a direction extending across a town or city: a crosstown street; a crosstown bus. adverb in a direction extending across a town or city: The car sped crosstown. noun Informal. a bus running primarily in a crosstown direction. Origin of crosstown First recorded in 1885–90; cross- + town Words nearby crosstown cross talk, cross the Rubicon, crosstie, cross to bear, cross-tolerance, crosstown, cross-train, cross-trainer, cross training, crosstree, cross up Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for crosstown Crosstown, uptown, and downtown you may move without seeing her. Strictly Business\|O. Henry There was a crosstown car that made the trip from school to boarding house fairly easy for Miss Pepperill. The Corner House Girls' Odd Find\|Grace Brooks Hill Does this crosstown car take you down to the Bridge toward Brooklyn? Among the Humorists and After Dinner Speakers, Vol. I\|Various By and by they got into a crosstown car, and it was when Win was being helped out by the lion tamer that a motor dashed past. Winnie Childs\|C. N. Williamson My papa said seven of the crosstown blocks made a mile, and twenty of the short blocks. Carolyn of the Corners\|Ruth Belmore Endicott British Dictionary definitions for crosstown cross-town adjective US and Canadian going across or following a route across a towna cross-town bus Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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