crossover
Category-spanning hybrid work
Crossover describes movement from one category, domain, or audience to another.
A crossover hit appeals beyond its original genre: The song was a country-to-pop crossover.
A crossover vehicle blends car and SUV features.
In fiction, a crossover brings characters from different stories together.
The word works as noun or adjective: crossover appeal, crossover episode.
A physical crossover is a place where paths or tracks intersect.
Rugged passenger vehicle
- CUVCompact sport-utility type
- hatchbackCar with rear swing-door
- wagonWheeled hauling vehicle
- compactTightly packed together
unibody · liftgate · versatile · family · utility · fuel-efficient · turbocharged · hybrid
Thing of mixed parentage
- fusionJoining into unity
- blendCombine into mixture
- mixCombine different elements
- mainstreamDominant cultural current
appeal · audience · experiment · boundary · style · influence · pop · rock
Hypothetical set of universes
- universeComplete system or domain
- episodeSerialized content unit
- storylineSequence of fictional events
- charactersPersons in a narrative
franchise · comic · Marvel · DC · Avengers · team-up · cameo · guest
Leak in drops
- basketballTeam sport with hoops
- moveChange location or act
- handlePart for gripping
- stepFoot movement forward
fake · Iverson · hesitation · shake · defender · court · NBA · streetball
Circuit-breaking toggle device
- changeTo make different
- shiftMovement or work period
- jumpPropel oneself airborne
- moveChange location or act
pivot · migration · transfer · conversion · reinvention · breakthrough · mainstream · acting
SUV
Rugged passenger vehicle
compact · unibody · liftgate · versatile · family · utility · fuel-efficient · turbocharged · hybrid · infotainment
hybrid
Thing of mixed parentage
mainstream · appeal · audience · experiment · boundary · style · influence · pop · rock · country
multiverse
Hypothetical set of universes
- universeComplete system or domain
- episodeSerialized content unit
- storylineSequence of fictional events
characters · franchise · comic · Marvel · DC · Avengers · team-up · cameo · guest · spinoff
dribble
Leak in drops
- basketballTeam sport with hoops
- moveChange location or act
- handlePart for gripping
step · fake · Iverson · hesitation · shake · defender · court · NBA · streetball · handles
switch
Circuit-breaking toggle device
move · pivot · migration · transfer · conversion · reinvention · breakthrough · mainstream · acting · singing
speaker
One who talks
subwoofer · midrange · driver · passive · active · high-pass · low-pass · filter · slope · decibel
- sitcomssitcom, sitcoms, episode, episodic, season
- SUV typescompact SUV, midsize SUV
- DNA RepairMMR, HR, proofreading, BRCA1, ATM
- Technical AnalysisWMA, trend line, support level, resistance level
- optimization algorithmsswarm intelligence, hill climbing, convergence, heuristic, nature-inspired
- rail yardsswitchyard, marshalling yards, receiving yard, yard crew, yardmaster
crossoverpurist
One demanding strict adherence
traditional · orthodox · conventional · classic · by-the-book
crossoverniche
Recessed wall space
cult · underground · insider · subcultural · exclusive
crossoversiloed
Kept apart, uncommunicating
compartmentalized · segregated · isolated · bounded · insular