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crosse.

butt (of rifle etc.)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/kʁɔs/
  1. butt (of rifle etc.)

    feminine
  2. stick

    feminine
  3. crosier

    feminine
  4. hockey stick, lacrosse stick, or golf club

    France · feminine
  5. lacrosse

    feminine
  6. fraud, a swindle (usually as de la crosse)

    Canada · feminine · informal · uncountable
  7. masturbation

    Canada · feminine · vulgar
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French crosse, from Old French crosse (“shepherd's staff”), from a Germanic language, likely Frankish *krukkju, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *krukjō (“staff, crutch”). Compare Old High German krucka, Old Saxon krukka, Middle Dutch crucke, English crutch.

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