cross

Etymology
From, , from , perhaps from (compare 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬), perhaps from  (cruci). Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. In this sense displaced native 🇨🇬, from 🇨🇬; see. The sense of "two intersecting lines drawn or cut on a surface; two lines intersecting at right angles" without regard to religious signification develops from the late 14th century.

Noun



 * 1) A geometrical figure consisting of two straight lines or bars intersecting each other such that at least one of them is bisected by the other.
 * 2)  Any geometric figure having this or a similar shape, such as a cross of Lorraine or a Maltese cross.
 * 3) A wooden post with a perpendicular beam attached and used (especially in the Roman Empire) to execute criminals (by crucifixion).
 * 4)   The Crucifix, the cross on which Christ was crucified.
 * 5)  A hand gesture made in imitation of the shape of the Cross; sign of the Cross.
 * 6)  Any representation of the Crucifix, as in religious architecture, burial markers, jewelery, etc.
 * 7)  A difficult situation that must be endured.
 * 8) The act of going across; the act of passing from one side to the other
 * 9)  An animal or plant produced by crossbreeding or cross-fertilization.
 * 10)  A hybrid of any kind.
 * 11)  A hook thrown over the opponent's punch.
 * 12)  A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent’s goal.
 * 13) A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).
 * 14) A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)
 * 15)  A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.
 * 16)  Church lands.
 * 17) A line across or through another line.
 * 18)  An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
 * 19) A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
 * 20)  Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
 * 21)  The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
 * 22)  Crossfire.
 * 1) A place where roads intersect and lead off in four directions; a crossroad (common in UK and Irish place names such as Gerrards Cross).
 * 2) A monument that marks such a place. (Also common in UK or Irish place names such as Charing Cross)
 * 3)  A coin stamped with the figure of a cross, or that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.
 * 4)  Church lands.
 * 5) A line across or through another line.
 * 6)  An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.
 * 7) A pipe-fitting with four branches whose axes usually form a right angle.
 * 8)  Four edge cubies of one side that are in their right places, forming the shape of a cross.
 * 9)  The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
 * 10)  Crossfire.
 * 1)  The thirty-sixth Lenormand card.
 * 2)  Crossfire.

Translations

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: صَلِيب
 * Egyptian Arabic: صليب
 * Archi: хъанч
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian: խաչ
 * Aromanian: crutsi, crutse
 * Asturian:
 * Avar: хъанч
 * Azerbaijani:, səlib
 * Basque: gurutz
 * Bavarian: Greiz
 * Belarusian: крыж, хрэст
 * Bengali:
 * Breton: ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Caló: trijul
 * Catalan:
 * Chechen: жӏара, жӏар
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Crimean Tatar: haç
 * Czech:
 * Dalmatian: crauc
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kruco
 * Estonian: rist
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Friulian: crôs
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Alemannic German: Chrüüz
 * Greek:
 * Haitian Creole: kwa
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:, , क्रूश
 * Hungarian:
 * Hunsrik: Kreiz
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: crois
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kabardian:
 * Karachay-Balkar: къач
 * Karakalpak: atanaq
 * Kashubian: krziż
 * Kazakh: крест, кірес
 * Khmer: ជើងក្អែក
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: خاچ
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz: крест
 * Lao: ກາກະບາດ
 * Latgalian: krysts
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Lezgi: хаш
 * Lithuanian:
 * Low German: Krüüz
 * Luxembourgish: Kräiz
 * Macedonian: крст
 * Malay:, , pangkah , salib
 * Malayalam:
 * Maltese: salib
 * Mongolian:
 * Navajo: ałnáʼázdzoh
 * Norman: crouaix
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Ojibwe: aazhideyaatig
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic: крьстъ
 * Old East Slavic: крьстъ
 * Ossetian: дзуар
 * Ottoman Turkish: خاچ
 * Pashto: ,
 * Pennsylvania German: Greiz
 * Persian:, ,
 * Picard: croé
 * Plautdietsch: Kjriez
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: chaka, chakana
 * Romani: truśul
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Samogitian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: crois
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: кри̑ж, кр̏ст
 * Roman: ,
 * Sinhalese: කුරුසය
 * Slovak: kríž
 * Slovene:, križec
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: kśica
 * Upper Sorbian: křiž
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Tajik: салиб, чалипо, хоҷ
 * Tatar:
 * Telugu: శిలువ
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Turkmen: haç
 * Udi: хач
 * Ukrainian: хрест,
 * Urdu: صلیب
 * Uyghur: كرېسىت
 * Uzbek:, ,
 * Vietnamese:, thập giá,
 * Vilamovian: krojc
 * Welsh: crwys,
 * West Flemish: kruus
 * Yiddish: צלם
 * Yup'ik: kelistaq


 * Apache:
 * Western Apache: tsįh iłná'ááhí
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian: խաչ
 * Bashkir: тәре
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chechen: жаӀар
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Kalmyk: кире
 * Latvian:
 * Lithuanian:
 * Low German: Krüüz
 * Macedonian: крст
 * Malayalam:
 * Mongolian:
 * Picard: croé
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, , sautor
 * Russian:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: శిలువ
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: хрест
 * Yakut: кириэс


 * Apache:
 * Western Apache: tsįh iłná'ááhí
 * Arabic: صَلِيب
 * Egyptian Arabic: صليب
 * Aramaic:
 * Hebrew Script: צליבא
 * Syriac: ܨܠܝܒܐ, ܙܩܝܦܐ
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian: խաչ
 * Asturian:
 * Azerbaijani:, səlib
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:
 * Chechen: жаӀар
 * Cherokee: ᏓᏓᎿᏩᏍᏛ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dalmatian: crauc
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Faroese: krossur
 * Finnish:, ristinpuu
 * Franco-Provençal: crouèx
 * French:
 * Friulian: crôs
 * Gagauz: stavroz
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σταυρός
 * Hebrew:
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: cros
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kannada:
 * Kazakh: айқыш
 * Khmer: ឈើឆ្កាង
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: خاچ
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Ladino: hach, kruz, istavroz
 * Lao: ໄມ້ກາງແຂນ
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Low German: Krüüz
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay: salib
 * Malayalam:
 * Maore Comorian: muri wa pawa
 * Maori: rīpeka
 * Meru: mutharaba
 * Northern Thai: ᨾᩱ᩶ᨠᩣ᩠ᨦᨡᩮ᩠ᨶ
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan:
 * Ojibwe: aazhideyaatig
 * Old English:
 * Ottoman Turkish: خاچ
 * Persian:, , خاچ,
 * Picard: croé
 * Plautdietsch: Kjriez
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: crois
 * Shan: သဝ်မႆႉဝႃးမိုဝ်း
 * Slovak: kríž
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tai Dam: ꪼꪣ꫁ꪖ꪿ꪱꪉꪵꪄꪙ
 * Tajik: салиб
 * Tamil:
 * Telugu: శిలువ
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: хрест
 * Urdu: صلیب
 * Vietnamese:
 * Vilamovian: kroüc
 * West Flemish: kruus
 * Yiddish: צלם
 * Yup'ik: kelistaq


 * Arabic: صَلِيب
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian: խաչափայտ
 * Assyrian Neo-Aramaic:
 * Azerbaijani:, səlib
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese:
 * Cherokee: ᏓᏓᎿᏩᏍᏛ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Finnish:, ristinpuu
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: σταυρός
 * Hindi:, क्रूस
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kannada:
 * Kazakh: айқыш
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: خاچ
 * Northern Kurdish:
 * Kyrgyz:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian:
 * Low German: Krüüz
 * Macedonian: распе́тие
 * Malagasy:
 * Malay: salib
 * Malayalam:
 * Manchu: ᡥᡳᠶᠠᡥᠠᠨ ᡨᡝᡥᡝ
 * Maori: Rīpeka
 * Meru: mutharaba
 * Ngazidja Comorian: mswalaɓa
 * Old English:
 * Persian:, , , خاچ
 * Picard: croé
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: crois
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: розп'я́ття
 * Urdu: صلیب, سُولی
 * Vietnamese: Thánh Giá
 * Yup'ik: kelistaq


 * Armenian:
 * Bashkir: суҡыныу
 * Bulgarian: кръстене
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Georgian: პირჯვარი
 * German: Kreuzzeichen
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido: ,
 * Indonesian: tanda salib
 * Italian: segno della croce
 * Latvian:
 * Low German: Krüüzteken
 * Macedonian: крстење
 * Malayalam:
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:, , znak krzyża
 * Portuguese: sinal da cruz
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: crois
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Roman: znak križa
 * Spanish: santiguamiento,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, korstecken
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: хресне знамення
 * Vietnamese: dấu Thánh Giá


 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Low German: Krüüz
 * Malayalam:, വിഷമ സ്ഥിതി
 * Mongolian: зовлон зүдүүр
 * Scottish Gaelic: crois
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: кръстоска
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Indonesian: biak silang,
 * Italian:
 * Mongolian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: krysning
 * Nynorsk: krysning
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , , korsningsprodukt,
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:


 * Armenian:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French: direct du bras arrière
 * German:
 * Irish: deasóg trasna, ciotóg trasna
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Polish: cios prosty
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Thai: หมัดตรง
 * Ukrainian: крос


 * Bulgarian: центриране
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 横传
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: krossboll,
 * Turkish:

Adjective

 * 1) Transverse; lying across the main direction.
 * At the end of each row were cross benches which linked the rows.
 * 1)  Opposite, opposed to.
 * His actions were perversely cross to his own happiness.
 * 1)  Opposing, adverse; being contrary to what one would hope or wish for.
 * , New York Review of Books, 2001, p.50:
 * As a fat body is more subject to diseases, so are rich men to absurdities and fooleries, to many casualties and cross inconveniences.
 * 1) * 1694,, Christianity Mysterious, and the Wisdom of God in Making it So (sermon preached at Westminster Abbey on April 29, 1694)
 * The article of the resurrection seems to lie marvellously cross to the common experience of mankind.
 * 1)  Bad-tempered, angry, annoyed.
 * She was rather cross about missing her train on the first day of the job.
 * Please don't get cross at me. (or) Please don't get cross with me.
 * 1) * 1650/1651,, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living
 * He had received a cross answer from his mistress.
 * 1) Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
 * cross interrogatories
 * cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other
 * 1)  Of the sea, having two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over shifting direction or the waves of two storm systems meeting.
 * 1) Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged.
 * cross interrogatories
 * cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other
 * 1)  Of the sea, having two wave systems traveling at oblique angles, due to the wind over shifting direction or the waves of two storm systems meeting.

Translations

 * Bulgarian:
 * Finnish:, poikittaissuuntainen, ristikkäinen
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: prečen
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Telugu:
 * Turkish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish:, , ristikkäinen
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:
 * Turkish:, karşısında
 * Ukrainian:


 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: नाराज़
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Italian: ,
 * Maori: riri, pukuriri
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: crosta
 * Spanish:, , de morros
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:, ,
 * Urdu: ناراض

Preposition

 * 1)  Across.
 * 2) The cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
 * 1) The cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.
 * 1) The cross product of the previous vector and the following vector.

Related terms

 * (the multiplication sign)
 * (the multiplication sign)

Translations

 * Arabic:, خِلَال
 * Finnish:
 * Greek:
 * Portuguese: produto vetorial

Verb

 * 1) To make or form a cross.
 * 2) To place across or athwart; to cause to intersect.
 * 3) To lay or draw something across, such as a line.
 * 4) To mark with an X.
 * 5) To write lines of text at right angles to and over the top of one another in order to save paper.undefined
 * 6)  To make the sign of the cross over oneself.
 * 7)  To make the sign of the cross over (something or someone).
 * 8)  To mark a cross against the name of (a student) in the buttery or kitchen, so that they cannot get food there.
 * 9) * 2022, Andrew Lang, Oxford
 * The reign of Mary was scarcely more favourable to letters. No one knew what to be at in religion. In Magdalen no one could be found to say Mass, the fellows were turned out, the undergraduates were whipped — boyish martyrs — and crossed at the buttery.
 * 1) To move relatively.
 * 2)  To go from one side of (something) to the other.
 * 3)  To travel in a direction or path that will intersect with that of another.
 * 4)  To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time.
 * 5) * November 4, 1866,, letter to E. C. Batten Esq.
 * Your kind letter crossed mine.
 * 1)  Relative movement by a player or of players.
 * 2)  Of both batsmen, to pass each other when running between the wickets in order to score runs.
 * 3)  To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.
 * 4)  To score a try.
 * 5)  To oppose.
 * 6)  To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.
 * 7)  To interfere and cut off ; to debar.
 * 8)  To conduct a cross examination; to question a hostile witness.
 * 9)  To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
 * 10)  To stamp or mark (a cheque) in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account.
 * 1) * November 4, 1866,, letter to E. C. Batten Esq.
 * Your kind letter crossed mine.
 * 1)  Relative movement by a player or of players.
 * 2)  Of both batsmen, to pass each other when running between the wickets in order to score runs.
 * 3)  To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.
 * 4)  To score a try.
 * 5)  To oppose.
 * 6)  To contradict (another) or frustrate the plans of.
 * 7)  To interfere and cut off ; to debar.
 * 8)  To conduct a cross examination; to question a hostile witness.
 * 9)  To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
 * 10)  To stamp or mark (a cheque) in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account.
 * 1)  To interfere and cut off ; to debar.
 * 2)  To conduct a cross examination; to question a hostile witness.
 * 3)  To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
 * 4)  To stamp or mark (a cheque) in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account.
 * 1)  To cross-fertilize or crossbreed.
 * 2)  To stamp or mark (a cheque) in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account.
 * 1)  To stamp or mark (a cheque) in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account.
 * 1)  To stamp or mark (a cheque) in such a way as to prevent it being cashed, thus requiring it to be deposited into a bank account.

Translations

 * Danish: krydse
 * French:
 * Galician: ,
 * Hungarian:, keresztbe tesz, keresztbe rak,
 * Italian:
 * Spanish:


 * Azerbaijani: çarpazlamaq, çataqlamaq
 * Catalan:, fer creuar
 * French:
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: faciō intersecāre
 * Portuguese:, fazer cruzar
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, lägga i kors


 * Esperanto: krucmarki
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, , ,
 * Japanese: ×印を付ける
 * Malay: pangkah
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Ainu: トモツ゜イェ
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: ,
 * Azerbaijani:, kəsib keçmək
 * Belarusian: перасяка́ць, перасе́кчы
 * Bulgarian:, пресека́
 * Burmese:
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: krydse
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: transiri, krucigi
 * Farefare: puuge
 * Finnish:, mennä yli , mennä poikki
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: περάω
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Irish: téigh trasna
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Khmer:
 * Korean:
 * Kurdish:
 * Central Kurdish: پەڕاندن
 * Lao:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: krustot, šķērsot, pāriet
 * Macedonian: преминува, преодува, пресекува
 * Malayalam:
 * Maori: whiti
 * Mongolian:
 * Ngazidja Comorian: shilia
 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Quechua: chimpay
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Slovene: prečkati
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Tày: băng, phổng
 * Ukrainian: перетина́ти, перетну́ти
 * Vietnamese: đi qua, băng qua


 * Bulgarian:, пресека́
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kruci
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Ido:
 * Latvian: krustot, šķērsot
 * Macedonian: пресекува
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Bulgarian:, противоде́йствам
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: astua tielle,
 * French: ,
 * German: plan,,  person
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:, , , , útját állja, útjába áll
 * Italian: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, , gå i vägen för,


 * Belarusian: хрысці́цца, перахрысці́цца
 * Bulgarian: кръстя
 * Danish: korse sig, korsets tegn
 * Finnish: tehdä ristinmerkki
 * French: faire le signe de la croix,
 * Galician: persignar
 * German: sich bekreuzigen
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese: 十字を切る
 * Macedonian: крсти, прекрстува, прекрсти
 * Portuguese: persignar-se, fazer o sinal da cruz
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: прекрижити
 * Roman:
 * Slovene: se prekrižati
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: korstecknet
 * Ukrainian: хрести́тися, перехрести́тися
 * Yup'ik: puusuq


 * Spanish:


 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: krydse
 * Finnish:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: crosáil
 * Macedonian: вкрстува
 * Mongolian: эрлийзжүүлэх
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovene: križati
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Ukrainian: схре́щувати, схрести́ти

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1)  cross-country

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) motocross
 * 2)  (boxing punch, tennis shot)
 * 3) slice (golf shot)

Etymology
From, borrowed from , borrowed from , borrowed from. .

Noun

 * 1) A  or gibbet wooden frame for execution.
 * 2) The Holy Cross; Christ's cross.
 * 3) A representation of a ; the cross as a Christian symbol:
 * 4)  A  in heraldry.
 * 5) A crucifix cross-shaped structure.
 * 6) A crosier clerical staff
 * 7) The intersection of drawn lines, especially as a signature.
 * 8) Crucifixion; nailing to a.
 * 9) Suffering, penury.
 * 10)  Christianity; the Christian religion.
 * 11) The sign of the cross.
 * 1) The sign of the cross.

Noun

 * 1) a ball hit more or less diagonally across the playing field
 * 2)  a
 * 3)  a cross-court
 * 4) motocross (or similar sports)
 * 5) a motorbike (small and light motorcycle (as used in or similar to those used in motocross))
 * 1) a motorbike (small and light motorcycle (as used in or similar to those used in motocross))