crosstown

adjective cross·town \ ˈkrȯs-ˈtau̇n \

Updated on: 12 May 2018

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

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Examples of crosstown in a Sentence

The two schools were crosstown rivals in baseball.
We rode a crosstown bus.

Recent Examples of crosstown from the Web

Season 8, episode 20, The Millennium After getting quietly recruited by the New York Mets, Costanza has to find a way to get fired from the Yankees before the crosstown team can hire him.

— charles curtis, For The Win, "The 13 greatest George Steinbrenner moments on 'Seinfeld', ranked," 8 May 2018
Or perhaps a basketball showcase in downtown Phoenix, a crosstown rivalry building tradition one year at a time.

— doug haller, azcentral, "Are we getting close to an ASU-Grand Canyon basketball showdown?," 8 May 2018
Lewis has started a program called Envision My Ride, which aims to redesign the bus system with more crosstown routes instead of having most routes start from the main bus station uptown.

— steve harrison, charlotteobserver, "Charlotte has been losing transit riders faster than any other large U.S. city | Charlotte Observer," 1 May 2018
Over the next 10 years this is the best chance for Chicago to have a crosstown World Series.

— teddy greenstein, chicagotribune.com, "Hawk Harrelson sees chance for Cubs-White Sox World Series down the road," 23 Apr. 2018
On Saturday, the Swedish superstar propelled the Los Angeles Galaxy to a remarkable comeback in its first-ever match against crosstown rival Los Angeles FC.

— martin rogers, USA TODAY, "Zlatan Ibrahimovic scores two amazing goals for Los Angeles Galaxy in his MLS debut," 31 Mar. 2018
Hollis broke a scoreless tie with a single up the middle in the bottom of the seventh to send the Cougars to a 1-0 victory over crosstown rival Rice on Tuesday night at Schroeder Park.

— joseph duarte, Houston Chronicle, "UH beats Rice to even Silver Glove Series," 10 Apr. 2018
Manchester City blew a comfortable 2-0 halftime lead, allowing three goals in the second half to their crosstown rivals Manchester United, to ruin what was supposed to be the crowning of a new Premier League champion on Saturday.

— juan pimiento, chicagotribune.com, "Man United spoil City's party, Fire get their first win and the best of the soccer weekend," 8 Apr. 2018
The two first met while playing at crosstown colleges: Lovullo at UCLA and Bean at Loyola Marymount University.

— katherine fitzgerald, azcentral, "Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo and Billy Bean open up about friendship," 6 Apr. 2018

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