Crossplay

Quick meaning: Crossplay is a noun meaning (engineering) The ability to record data with one device and play back the data on a different, compatible device.

Meaning

(engineering) The ability to record data with one device and play back the data on a different, compatible device.

More Meanings

1. (linguistics) Subordinate communication between participants in a conversation.
2. (video games) Cross-platform multiplayer functionality.
3. (cosplay) A form of cosplay in which one dresses up as a character of the opposite sex.
4. (intransitive) To cosplay as a character of the opposite sex.
5. (transitive) To cosplay as (a character of the opposite sex).
6. (intransitive) To roleplay as a character of the opposite sex, especially in a MUD.

Example Sentences

At CCI, where a large number of people cosplay, crossplay becomes a mode to "stand out."

[Replying to: "Really, I'll be wearing a costume as well...] Me too...but I won't be crossplaying.

Crossplay is where a cosplayer employs gender reversal (i.e., a female who dresses as a male character or vice versa).

BTW, one can be a touch hefty and pull off Urd. You don't even have to be a woman. A *guy* crossplayed Urd at C-Kon and won the cosplay contest!

Word Forms

• crossplays
• crossplaying
• crossplayed

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cross-buy, compatibility, adapter, multiplat, portability, crossgrade.

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