Meaning

4 senses
  1. Any mark that looks like that letter, such as a mark made by a person who cannot read or write in lieu of a signature.

  2. The spot behind the goal.

  3. (slang, uncountable)Ecstasy, a particular street drug.

    street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine

  4. Cross, crossing.

    Kennington via Charing X

Examples

142 sentences
  1. Let's take an X-ray just in case.

    Зробімо рентген на всяк випадок. — aandrusiak

    ruДавайте сделаем рентген на всякий случай. — odexed

    deWir machen vorsichtshalber mal eine Röntgenaufnahme. — raggione

  2. We have detected an abnormality on your x-ray.

    ruМы обнаружили аномалию на вашей рентгенограмме. — sharptoothed

    deWir haben eine Auffälligkeit auf Ihrem Röntgenbild entdeckt. — Wolf

  3. X marks the spot.

  4. The movie is X-rated.

    Цей фільм - для дорослих. — ChickenKiev

  5. I'd like you to have a chest X-ray.

Origin

Presumably by abbreviation of the pronunciation of ecstasy. From cross, due to the X sy

Presumably by abbreviation of the pronunciation of ecstasy.

From cross, due to the X symbol being a cross saltire.

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Forms

plural: Xes
SingularX
PluralXes

irregular

Synonyms

12 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

1 related words
Derivedxing

Collocations

3 patterns
  • x ray
  • an x ray
  • an an x

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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