(sports) Forms the names of sports that involve racing across an artificial cross-country course of bumps, jumps, drop-offs, troughs, curves, and such.

Obsolete spelling of across

Obsolete spelling of across

Alternative spelling of star-crossed

(idiomatic) Ill-fated by destiny, the fate of the person being “written in the stars”.

(UK, Australia, New Zealand, games) A two-player game played on a three-by-three grid, in which players take it in turns to place their respective symbol (either a nought or a cross) in a cell of the grid, the objective being to form a row, column or diagonal of three of one's own symbol.

hopefully

- used to express that one is expectant and hoping.

Alternative spelling of fingers crossed (“hopefully, wishfully”)

A superstitious hand gesture of good luck.