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crosser

to hit with a crosse (“hockey stick, lacrosse stick, or golf club”); to cheat, to swindle

Usage

Crosser has narrow, mostly regional uses: in standard French, it can describe striking a ball with a hooked stick (as in golf). In Québécois French it's common but vulgar slang — to con or swindle someone, and in its reflexive form se crosser, crude slang for masturbating — so register matters a great deal with this one.

Examples
  • Il s'est fait crosser par son associé.He got swindled by his business partner. (Québec, vulgar slang)
  • Attention, ce vendeur essaie de te crosser.Watch out, that salesman is trying to con you. (Québec, vulgar slang)
  • Va te crosser ailleurs !Get lost! (Québec, vulgar insult)
Common mistake

This verb is essentially absent from standard European French in its Québécois slang senses — using it outside Québec expecting to be understood as 'to trick someone' will just confuse a French or Belgian listener, and using it casually within Québec risks sounding crude given its vulgar register.

Simple tenses

Present

jecrosse
tucrosses
il/ellecrosse
nouscrossons
vouscrossez
ils/ellescrossent

Imperfect

jecrossais
tucrossais
il/ellecrossait
nouscrossions
vouscrossiez
ils/ellescrossaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jecrossai
tucrossas
il/ellecrossa
nouscrossâmes
vouscrossâtes
ils/ellescrossèrent

Future

jecrosserai
tucrosseras
il/ellecrossera
nouscrosserons
vouscrosserez
ils/ellescrosseront

Conditional

jecrosserais
tucrosserais
il/ellecrosserait
nouscrosserions
vouscrosseriez
ils/ellescrosseraient

Subjunctive

jecrosse
tucrosses
il/ellecrosse
nouscrossions
vouscrossiez
ils/ellescrossent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jecrossasse
tucrossasses
il/ellecrossât
nouscrossassions
vouscrossassiez
ils/ellescrossassent

Imperative

tucrosse
nouscrossons
vouscrossez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

jeai crossé
tuas crossé
il/ellea crossé
nousavons crossé
vousavez crossé
ils/ellesont crossé

Plus-que-parfait

jeavais crossé
tuavais crossé
il/elleavait crossé
nousavions crossé
vousaviez crossé
ils/ellesavaient crossé

Passé antérieur

jeeus crossé
tueus crossé
il/elleeut crossé
nouseûmes crossé
vouseûtes crossé
ils/elleseurent crossé

Futur antérieur

jeaurai crossé
tuauras crossé
il/elleaura crossé
nousaurons crossé
vousaurez crossé
ils/ellesauront crossé

Conditionnel passé

jeaurais crossé
tuaurais crossé
il/elleaurait crossé
nousaurions crossé
vousauriez crossé
ils/ellesauraient crossé

Subjonctif passé

jeaie crossé
tuaies crossé
il/elleait crossé
nousayons crossé
vousayez crossé
ils/ellesaient crossé

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

jeeusse crossé
tueusses crossé
il/elleeût crossé
nouseussions crossé
vouseussiez crossé
ils/elleseussent crossé

Impératif passé

tuaie crossé
nousayons crossé
vousayez crossé

Other

Present participle

crossant

Past participle

crossé

Infinitive

crosser

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Frequently asked questions

What does "crosser" mean?

"crosser" means "to hit with a crosse (“hockey stick, lacrosse stick, or golf club”); to cheat, to swindle".

How do you conjugate "crosser" in the present tense?

The present of "crosser" is: je crosse, tu crosses, il/elle crosse, nous crossons, vous crossez, ils/elles crossent.

What is the Passé composé of "crosser"?

The passé composé of "crosser" is: je ai crossé, tu as crossé, il/elle a crossé, nous avons crossé, vous avez crossé, ils/elles ont crossé.

What is the Imperative of "crosser"?

The imperative of "crosser" is: tu crosse, nous crossons, vous crossez.