cross-post

or cross·post

[ kraws-pohst kros‐ ]

/ ˈkrɔsˌpoʊst ˈkrɒs‐ /

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verb (used with or without object)

to post (the same message) to two or more message boards or electronic mailing lists at the same time.

noun

a message posted to two or more message boards or electronic mailing lists at the same time: Cross-posts are often greeted with hostility.

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Origin of cross-post

First recorded in 1990–95

Words nearby cross-post

crosspiece, cross-ply, cross-ply tire, cross-pollinate, cross-pollination, cross-post, cross-posting, cross press, cross product, cross protection, cross-purpose

How to use cross-post in a sentence

And before she had written many lines the Cross-post boy sent up word that he could wait no longer.
Helen|Maria Edgeworth
Then there was the very ancient game of the quintain, which consisted of an upright post with a cross-post turning upon a pin.
English Villages|P. H. Ditchfield
Towns adjacent to Bristol and Exeter, which might have been connected with the cross post, remained separated.
The History of the British Post Office|Joseph Clarence Hemmeon
There had always been trouble in collecting the rates on bye and cross post letters.
The History of the British Post Office|Joseph Clarence Hemmeon

In the seventeenth century the receipts from bye and cross post letters amounted to very little.
The History of the British Post Office|Joseph Clarence Hemmeon