crosser

See also: Crosser

English

Etymology 1

cross (verb) +‎ -er

Noun

crosser (plural crossers)

1. Someone who crosses; agent noun of cross

Derived terms

• double-crosser
• t-crosser

 

Etymology 2

cross (adjective) +‎ -er

Adjective

crosser

1. comparative form of cross: more cross

Anagrams

• recross, scorers

French

Etymology

From crosse +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɔ.se/

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Verb

crosser

1. (sports) to hit with a crosse (“hockey stick, lacrosse stick, or golf club”)
2. (Quebec, informal) to cheat, to swindle
3. (Quebec, vulgar, reflexive) to masturbate, to jack off, to jerk off

Conjugation

Conjugation of crosser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	crosser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	crossant /kʁɔ.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		crossé /kʁɔ.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	crosse /kʁɔs/	crosses /kʁɔs/	crosse /kʁɔs/	crossons /kʁɔ.sɔ̃/	crossez /kʁɔ.se/	crossent /kʁɔs/
	imperfect	crossais /kʁɔ.sɛ/	crossais /kʁɔ.sɛ/	crossait /kʁɔ.sɛ/	crossions /kʁɔ.sjɔ̃/	crossiez /kʁɔ.sje/	crossaient /kʁɔ.sɛ/
	past historic2	crossai /kʁɔ.se/	crossas /kʁɔ.sa/	crossa /kʁɔ.sa/	crossâmes /kʁɔ.sam/	crossâtes /kʁɔ.sat/	crossèrent /kʁɔ.sɛʁ/
	future	crosserai /kʁɔ.sʁe/	crosseras /kʁɔ.sʁa/	crossera /kʁɔ.sʁa/	crosserons /kʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/	crosserez /kʁɔ.sʁe/	crosseront /kʁɔ.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	crosserais /kʁɔ.sʁɛ/	crosserais /kʁɔ.sʁɛ/	crosserait /kʁɔ.sʁɛ/	crosserions /kʁɔ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	crosseriez /kʁɔ.sə.ʁje/	crosseraient /kʁɔ.sʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	crosse /kʁɔs/	crosses /kʁɔs/	crosse /kʁɔs/	crossions /kʁɔ.sjɔ̃/	crossiez /kʁɔ.sje/	crossent /kʁɔs/
	imperfect2	crossasse /kʁɔ.sas/	crossasses /kʁɔ.sas/	crossât /kʁɔ.sa/	crossassions /kʁɔ.sa.sjɔ̃/	crossassiez /kʁɔ.sa.sje/	crossassent /kʁɔ.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	crosse /kʁɔs/	—	crossons /kʁɔ.sɔ̃/	crossez /kʁɔ.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• (to cheat): crosseur

Further reading

• “crosser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.