Meanings
verbcross out (third-person singular simple present crosses out, present participle crossing out, simple past and past participle crossed out)
present singular third person crosses out · participle present crossing out · participle past crossed out · past crossed out
- idiomatictransitiveTo strike out (something); to draw a line through (something).
If you make a mistake, just cross it out.
- idiomatictransitiveAfrican-American VernacularartsTo disrespect (someone) by covering up or painting over their graffiti, especially their name.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo lie to or betray (someone); to deceive or scam (someone).
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Translations
Arabic شَطَبَ
- شَطَبَ (šaṭaba)to strike out
Chinese Cantonese 扠
- 扠 (caa⁵)to strike out
Chinese Mandarin 劃掉 /划掉
- 劃掉 /划掉 (huàdiào)to strike out
Czech škrtnout, vyškrtnout
- škrtnoutto strike out
- vyškrtnoutto strike out
- přeškrtnoutto strike out
Dutch schrappen
- schrappento strike out
Esperanto forstreki
- forstrekito strike out
Finnish yliviivata
- yliviivatato strike out
French biffer, rayer
- bifferto strike out
- rayerto strike out
- barrerto strike out
- supprimerto strike out
German streichen, ausstreichen
- streichento strike out
- ausstreichento strike out
- durchstreichento strike out
Greek διαγράφω
- διαγράφω (diagráfo)to strike out
Hungarian kihúz
- kihúzto strike out
Italian sbarrare, depennare
- sbarrareto strike out
- depennareto strike out
Japanese 棒引きにする
- 棒引きにする (boubikinisuru)to strike out
Lithuanian perbraukti
- perbrauktito strike out
Malay batalkan
- batalkanto strike out
Polish skreślać, skreślić
- skreślaćto strike out
- skreślićto strike out
- przekreślaćto strike out
- przekreślićto strike out
Portuguese riscar
- riscarto strike out
Romanian bara
- barato strike out
Russian вычёркивать, вы́черкнуть
- вычёркивать (vyčórkivatʹ)to strike out
- вы́черкнуть (výčerknutʹ)to strike out
- зачёркивать (začórkivatʹ)to strike out
- зачеркну́ть (začerknútʹ)to strike out
Slovak škrtnúť, vyškrtnúť
- škrtnúťto strike out
- vyškrtnúťto strike out
- preškrtnúťto strike out
Spanish tachar, tarjar
- tacharto strike out
- tarjarto strike out
- barrearto strike out
- testarto strike out
Swedish stryka över, stryka genom
- stryka överto strike out
- stryka genomto strike out
- strykato strike out
Thai ขีดฆ่า
- ขีดฆ่า (kìit-kâa)to strike out
Ukrainian викре́слювати, закре́слювати
- викре́слювати (vykrésljuvaty)to strike out
- закре́слювати (zakrésljuvaty)to strike out
- ви́креслити (výkreslyty)to strike out
Cite this entry
APA
cross out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross%20out
MLA
“cross out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cross out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cross%20out.
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