acrost
English
editEtymology
editFrom across + excrescent t.
Pronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -ɒst
Preposition
editacrost
- (US, dialectal, nonstandard) Alternative form of across.
- 1904, Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond), The Magnetic North[1]:
- Now ye sling a couple o' saplings acrost the durrt ye've chucked out.
- 1905, Booth Tarkington, The Conquest of Canaan[2]:
- It's in that little brick buildin' straight acrost from the sheriff's door o' the jail--ye've been neighbors this long time!
- 1913, Horace Annesley Vachell, Bunch Grass[3]:
- I'll jest sashay acrost the track an' give 'em my regards."