"crossplay" meaning in All languages combined

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          "ref": "2001 May 6, Lauren Michelle, “Site for 2001 AnimeNorth AFSM meeting?”, in alt.fan.sailor-moon (Usenet)",
          "text": "[Replying to: \"Really, I'll be wearing a costume as well...] Me too...but I won't be crossplaying...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cosplay as a character of the opposite sex."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cosplay",
          "cosplay"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To cosplay as a character of the opposite sex."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2003 October 7, Vince Lamb, “Japanese Manga and Anime Take Over America from Pacific News Service”, in rec.arts.anime.misc (Usenet)",
          "text": "BTW, one can be a touch hefty and pull off Urd. You don't even have to be a woman. A *guy* crossplayed Urd at C-Kon and won the cosplay contest!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cosplay as (a character of the opposite sex)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cosplay",
          "cosplay"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cosplay as (a character of the opposite sex)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1992 May 26, Scott Goehring, “cross-gendered players”, in rec.games.mud (Usenet)",
          "text": "Admittedly, BruceMud attracted more than its usual share of weenies, but as a female wizard I received even more attention for being female than I did on most other sites. Note that it wasn't exactly a secret that I was crossplaying. I seem to recall Random bitching at Julia for reporting that I was female on more than one occasion.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To roleplay as a character of the opposite sex, especially in a MUD."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "MUD",
          "MUD"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To roleplay as a character of the opposite sex, especially in a MUD."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "crossplay"
  ],
  "word": "crossplay"
}