crossing (verb)
11slacken — verb (slackened; slackening) Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to make less active ; slow up < slacken speed at a crossing > 2. to make slack (as by lessening tension or firmness) < slacken sail > intransitive verb …
12cut through — verb travel across or pass over (Freq. 1) The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day • Syn: ↑traverse, ↑track, ↑cover, ↑cross, ↑pass over, ↑get over, ↑get ac …
13coon it — verb To crawl by straddling a log, especially in crossing a creek, or similar, such as a construction beam. there was no bridge, and to supply the want a large tree was cut down and fell across the stream, from bank to bank, and thus made a safe… …
14jaywalk — verb /ˈdʒeɪ.wɔːk,ˈdʒeɪ.wɑːk,ˈdʒeɪ.wɔːk/ a) To behave as a jaywalker; to violate pedestrian traffic regulations by crossing a street away from a designated crossing or to walk in the part of the street intended for cars rather than on the sidewalk …
15hybridise — verb breed animals or plants using parents of different races and varieties cross a horse and a donkey Mendel tried crossbreeding these species do not interbreed • Syn: ↑crossbreed, ↑cross, ↑hybridize, ↑interbreed …
16give a shite — verb To care; mind; consider important Id carry a sandwichboard only the girl in the office told me theyre full up for the next three weeks, man. God, youve to book ahead, man, youd think it was for the Carl Rosa. I dont give a shite anyway so… …
17cross the Rubicon — verb To make an irreversible decision or to take an action with consequences. He knew that by coming out to his family he would be crossing the Rubicon but he could not live a lie anymore. See Also: the die is cast …
18stair-step — verb a) To walk up a set of stairs as exercise. Im going to stair step from East 3rd and 50th down to West 44th and Seventh Avenue. b) A strategy for big city walking to avoid staying on the same street; it involves turning at a corner, walking… …
19teleport — verb a) To travel from one point to another without physically crossing the distance between the two points. b) To move an object in this fashion, as by telekinesis. Syn: beam up See Also: teleportation …
20go to ground — verb a) To escape into a burrow, hole, etc. when being hunted. I heard them on the other bank, and then saw a man on a horse crossing the river, and went to ground like a jackal. b) To hide from public view or sequester onesel …
