crosstown

adjective

cross·​town ˈkrȯs-ˈtau̇n 

1

: situated at opposite points of a town

crosstown schools

2

: extending or running across a town

a crosstown street

a crosstown bus

Examples of crosstown in a Sentence

The two schools were crosstown rivals in baseball.

We rode a crosstown bus.

Recent Examples on the Web

However, in the end, Soto chose the crosstown rival New York Mets, who offered him a 15-year, $765 million deal. —Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025

This weekend marked just the eighth time in those 29 season series that the Mets entered with a better record than their crosstown rivals. —Tim Britton, New York Times, 19 May 2025

The crosstown rivals won’t meet again until July 25-27 on the South Side, where the importance of the series will likely increase if the Cubs remain in a tight divisional race. —Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025

With the regular season’s first Subway Series over — the crosstown rivals will meet at Citi Field in early July — the Yankees have the day off on Monday. —Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 19 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1886, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for crosstown

• adown
• blowdown
• breakdown
• countdown
• crackdown
• downtown
• drawdown
• dropdown
• facedown
• godown
• hometown
• knockdown

Kids Definition

crosstown

adjective

cross·​town ˈkrȯ-ˈstau̇n 

1

: being on different sides of a town

schools that are crosstown rivals

2

: going across a town

a crosstown bus

crosstown adverb