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crosser

crosser

1 5.5
A player who passes the ball from the side into the area near the goal
  • noun
  • /ˈkrɔsər/
  • Jargon
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  • And I thought, Oh yeah, if they get Harland getting on the end of these crosses, that's a problem.

Examples

  • -We thought Stein was gonna be the next Georgia O'Keefe, but she's actually turned out to be a pretty good "T" crosser herself.

  • As noted by Crosser (1999), the names of stars such as John Daly, O. J. Simpson, and Mike Tyson have become synonymous with such acts.

    Academic text (2003)
  • Now, where is the top destination for double-crossers this season?

  • First, you need accurate crossers from the flanks.

    Blog text (2)
  • REPORTER: The infamous Cassius Green, former Power Caller and strike line crosser, has switched sides.

  • The lack of a good crosser in the team meant that most of the crosses were easily cleared by Walter Samuel, while Bendtner's lack of movement made the Bianconeri attack even less convincing than before.

    Blog text (29)
  • They will have to tackle the challenges of the immigration process faced by legal applicants and illegal border-crossers, and they will have to pour resources into energy where it has worked, not where it's politically convenient for it to work.

    Blog text (15)
  • But the fact that we're so reliant on crosses is something that needs to be dealt with for the long-term success of the team, either by making sure we have significant depth in both crossers and cross targets or by making sure we have alternative routes of attack and that the players understand when lobbing in crosses from the.

    Blog text (2)
  • The works and performances of both Teresa Teng and Sai Mao are not simply market and genre border crossers in popular culture consumption; more importantly, they represent a set of dynamics enabled by the Cold War and its geopolitics.

    Academic text (2016)
  • The midfielder is known as a skilled crosser, consistently delivering precise passes into the penalty area.

Synonyms

assister
vscrosser
  • Jargon
3.7

A player who passes the ball so a team member can score

is specialized in sending wide passes into the penalty area rather than scoring passes

Antonyms

252 2.8

A person who protects someone or something from harm

Compounds

double-crosser
  • Offensive
2 6.8

A person who pretends to be loyal but betrays someone

Surface Forms

crosser singular
crossers plural

Morphology

crosser = cross (transparent) = cross + er

Regular agentive formation from the sports verb 'cross'; learners familiar with the sports verb can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Crosser comes from cross and -er, and cross can mean 'to send across' the field, just like in the word across. So a crosser in sport is a player who sends the ball across into the penalty area.