cross-post

or cross·post

[ kraws-pohst kros‐ ]

verb (used with or without object)
  1. to post (the same message) to two or more message boards or electronic mailing lists at the same time.

noun
  1. a message posted to two or more message boards or electronic mailing lists at the same time: Cross-posts are often greeted with hostility.

Origin of cross-post

1
First recorded in 1990–95

Words Nearby cross-post

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How to use cross-post in a sentence

  • And before she had written many lines the cross-post boy sent up word that he could wait no longer.

    Helen | Maria Edgeworth
  • Then there was the very ancient game of the quintain, which consisted of an upright post with a cross-post turning upon a pin.

    English Villages | P. H. Ditchfield
  • Towns adjacent to Bristol and Exeter, which might have been connected with the cross post, remained separated.

    The History of the British Post Office | Joseph Clarence Hemmeon
  • There had always been trouble in collecting the rates on bye and cross post letters.

    The History of the British Post Office | Joseph Clarence Hemmeon
  • In the seventeenth century the receipts from bye and cross post letters amounted to very little.

    The History of the British Post Office | Joseph Clarence Hemmeon