Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To dress in clothing that is usually worn by the opposite sex.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb to dress in the clothes of the other sex.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To wear
clothes considered to be of the opposite sex.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb dress in the clothes of the other sex
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Examples
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Kelsey is finishing a year long run in La Cage aux Folles, a role Camille on Wednesday said excited him -- because, she insinuated, he likes to cross-dress.
Kelsey Grammer Opens Up About Kids, Divorce Jordan Zakarin 2011
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Some London Conservatives and Ken-haters, who'd convinced themselves that Transport for London was a conspiracy of Communist vegetarians, leaped upon this as proof of hidden agendas to nationalise go-faster stripes, cross-dress Mondeo Man, nationalise the Victoria sponge and so on.
London's Greens put congestion charging back on the road 2011
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The Rara bands come out of Voodoo societies that have gay congregations where gay men are permitted to cross-dress with impunity.
Irene Monroe: The Roots Of Voodoo's Acceptance Of Gays Irene Monroe 2011
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Kelsey is finishing a year long run in La Cage aux Folles, a role Camille on Wednesday said excited him -- because, she insinuated, he likes to cross-dress.
Kelsey Grammer Opens Up About Kids, Divorce Jordan Zakarin 2011
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Some cross-dress to express cross-gender feelings or identities; others crossdress for fun, for emotional comfort, or for sexual arousal.
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The Rara bands come out of Voodoo societies that have gay congregations where gay men are permitted to cross-dress with impunity.
Irene Monroe: The Roots Of Voodoo's Acceptance Of Gays Irene Monroe 2011
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The talent agency focuses on young male idols, all of whom are forced to cross-dress during their down time to throw the press off their trails.
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The talent agency focuses on young male idols, all of whom are forced to cross-dress during their down time to throw the press off their trails.
CMX-cellence 2010
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Unfortunately, he goes to an all-boys high school, so she has to cross-dress to attend.
Something huge moves out there, some where close... wen_spencer 2008
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But redefining marriage from male-female to same-sex, forcing companies to retain male employees who cross-dress at work and ending gender-specific teams and bathrooms in schools -- these are not worth a shrug.
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