crosstown
adjective
cross·town
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Definition of crosstown
1
: situated at opposite points of a town
crosstown schools
2
: extending or running across a town
a crosstown street a crosstown bus
Examples of crosstown in a Sentence
The two schools were crosstown rivals in baseball.
We rode a crosstown bus.
Recent Examples on the Web
But there are few crosstown matchups in the Houston area as intriguing. — Jack Marrion, Houston Chronicle, "Lamar Consolidated, Terry resume football rivalry," 11 Sep. 2019 As for crosstown rivals Milan, their highest earner is Gianluigi Donnarumma on €6m, which in turn earns him 12th place. — SI.com, "Cristiano Ronaldo & Juventus Dominate List of Serie A's Highest Earners," 10 Sep. 2019 On September 1st the team faced its crosstown adversary, River Plate, in the superclásico, as contests between the sides are called. — The Economist, "Blame populists, not reformers, for Argentina’s latest fiasco," 5 Sep. 2019 These longtime crosstown rivals love to run the ball. — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Week 3: John Maffei’s football picks and complete schedule," 5 Sep. 2019 Both games kick off at 7 p.m. Chaparral wallops rival Desert Mountain By Dana Scott Scottsdale Chaparral sent a resounding message for bragging rights to its crosstown rival Scottsdale Desert Mountain on Friday night. — Danny Shapiro, azcentral, "Arizona high school football Week 2: Game results from around the Valley," 30 Aug. 2019 In a battle of crosstown rivals, Legend scored three touchdowns in a wild back-and-forth final quarter to edge Ponderosa 28-21 on Thursday night at EchoPark Stadium. — Marco Cummings, The Denver Post, "Legend takes down crosstown rival Ponderosa in wild fourth quarter," 29 Aug. 2019 Closely behind them are crosstown rivals, and domestic treble-winners, Manchester City, who boast an admirable £167,020,320 in their accounts. — SI.com, "FIFA 20 Career Mode Transfer Budgets for All Top European Leagues Revealed," 23 Aug. 2019 Blount and Vigor renew their crosstown rivalry known as the Battle of Prichard tonight. — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, "Watch live: Vigor at Blount in Battle of Prichard HS football rivalry," 23 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'crosstown.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for crosstown
crosstown
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of crosstown
: located on different sides of a town or city
: going across a town or city
See the full definition for crosstown in the English Language Learners Dictionary