acrost

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A form of across — To, toward, or from the far side of (something that lies between two points of interest).

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Meanings

preposition
  1. CanadaUSalternativedialectalnonstandardAlternative form of across.

    I'll jest sashay acrost the track an' give 'em my regards."

    1913, Horace Annesley Vachell, Bunch Grass
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    Now ye sling a couple o' saplings acrost the durrt ye've chucked out.

    1904, Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond), The Magnetic North

    It's in that little brick buildin' straight acrost from the sheriff's door o' the jail--ye've been neighbors this long time!

    1905, Booth Tarkington, The Conquest of Canaan

Origin

From across + excrescent t.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with acrost

costfrostcrossedembosseddefrostglossedbossedaccostJack Frostmossedprime costthost
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Anagrams

Castrocastorcostar
Cite this entry
APA

acrost. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acrost

MLA

“acrost.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acrost. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “acrost,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/acrost.

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