DOUBLE CROSS


Meaning of DOUBLE CROSS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

Date: 1834

1.

a. : an act of winning or trying to win a fight or match after agreeing to lose it

b. : an act of betraying or cheating an associate

2. : a cross between first-generation hybrids of four separate inbred lines (as in the production of hybrid seed corn)

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.