acrost

English

Etymology

From across + excrescent t.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒst

Preposition

acrost

1. (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."

Anagrams

• Castor, Castro, Cators, Croats, actors, castor, co-star, costar, scroat, scrota, tarocs