crosstown

[kraws-toun, kros-]

adjective

1. situated or traveling in a direction extending across a town or city.

   a crosstown street; a crosstown bus.

adverb

1. in a direction extending across a town or city.

   The car sped crosstown.

noun

1. Informal.,  a bus running primarily in a crosstown direction.

Word History and Origins

Origin of crosstown¹

First recorded in 1885–90; cross- + town

Example Sentences

The three-day bus ride south included a frenzied, crosstown change of terminals in Mexico City at midnight to catch the last coach for Oaxaca.

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He was hurling just as efficiently as he did against the Dodgers on May 16 when he limited the Angels’ crosstown foes to just one run across 6 ⅔ innings.

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The crosstown rivalry has grown into the most passionate in MLS but most of that bad blood is felt in the stands.

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But the Trojans had already beaten their crosstown rivals twice before that to secure a Big Ten regular season title, the first in their new conference.

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Each team will have a chance to spin its preferred narrative when the crosstown rivalry gets renewed halfway across the country Sunday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in the Big Ten women’s basketball tournament championship game.

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