crosshair
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crosshair
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From cross + hair.
noun crosshairs
- Alternate form of crosshairs; a reticle in the shape of a pair of crossed hairs (thin perpendicular lines) in the sight of a firearm. I'm just a crosshair / I'm just a shot away from you
verb crosshairs · crosshairing · crosshaired
- To focus on within a reticle. Watching hopefully for a buck to come along behind the does, I eyed them through the scope of the borrowed .243. From time to time, I crosshaired the vital areas .
- To target. She fired a smile at him, the likes of which he hadn't seen in years—since Meg, in fact, had crosshaired him at the junior prom with one of those flirtations that he never would've believed the president of the Methodist Girls' Youth Group was capable of.
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noun reticle
| Español | retículo, retícula, rejilla |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 십자선 sipjaseon |
| 日本語 | 十字線 jūjisen |
| 中文 | 十字線 /十字线 shízìxiàn |
| Português | retícula |
| Deutsch | Fadenkreuz |
| Ελληνικά | σταυρόνημα stavrónima |
| Русский | перекре́стие perekréstije, се́тка визи́рных ни́тей sétka vizírnyx nítej |
verb Translations
| Deutsch | ins Visier nehmen, anpeilen |
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Talk about this word "crosshair." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/crosshair. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. crosshair. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/crosshair "crosshair." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/crosshair.
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@misc{crosshair_2026,
title = {crosshair},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/crosshair},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
