Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A current flowing across another current.
- noun A conflicting tendency, inclination, or movement.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a stretch of turbulent water in the sea.
- noun a tendency or sentiment within a group which conflicts with that of the majority; -- often used in the plural.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun nautical A
turbulent stretch ofwater caused by multiplecurrents . - noun by extension A situation in which there are
conflicting opinions.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current
- noun actions counter to the main group activity
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Examples
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Analysts said Treasurys are caught in a crosscurrent of uneven, yet encouraging, data, and longer-term concerns about rising price pressures.
Treasurys Can't Gain on Weak Data Javier E. David 2011
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At that precise instant, the train took a bend and brought them right into a crosscurrent of wind.
Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011
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Even in the darkest of Leopardi's "Canti" there is a sense of some rhythmic crosscurrent at work, as though the harsh message were being uplifted by the stately surges of the lines.
The Raptures of a Tragic Visionary Eric Ormsby 2010
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At that precise instant, the train took a bend and brought them right into a crosscurrent of wind.
Starcraft II: Devils’ Due Christie Golden 2011
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Many of the congregation had thrown their arms in the air and swayed from side to side as if caught in a strong crosscurrent.
Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010
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The bluster and the buddy talk was easy to fall back into, caught up in the crosscurrent of a waning adrenaline charge and his burgeoning buzz.
DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010
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Fish it crosscurrent with a start-stop retrieve: It will hop and zigzag from seam to seam, something that gets trout, smallmouths, and walleyes to take notice. $7; 952-224-3649; www. salmo-usa.com
SALMO TENO 2008
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The bluster and the buddy talk was easy to fall back into, caught up in the crosscurrent of a waning adrenaline charge and his burgeoning buzz.
DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010
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The bluster and the buddy talk was easy to fall back into, caught up in the crosscurrent of a waning adrenaline charge and his burgeoning buzz.
DEVILS IN EXILE Chuck Hogan 2010
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Many of the congregation had thrown their arms in the air and swayed from side to side as if caught in a strong crosscurrent.
Let The Dead Lie Malla Nunn 2010
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