Home › Words › C › crosshaircrosshaircrosshair means reticle.EtymologyFrom cross + hair.nounReticle.e.g.“I'm just a crosshair / I'm just a shot away from you” — 2004, Franz Ferdinand (band), “Take Me Out”, in Franz Ferdinand:verbTo focus on within a reticle.e.g.“Watching hopefully for a buck to come along behind the does, I eyed them through the scope of the borrowed .243. From time to time, I crosshaired the vital areas .” — 1970, Nebraskaland - Volume 48, Issues 8-49, page 21:To target.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.crosshaired 79% match — Having a crosshair. vs crosshair →crosswire 75% match — crosshair; reticle vs crosshair →crosshairs 74% match — A set of two perpendicular lines in the sight of a firearm, used to align the gun with the target. vs crosshair →aimpoint 57% match — The point at which a firearm is aimed, typically identified by a red dot sight. vs crosshair →focalize 56% match — To focus, or to adjust a focus. vs crosshair →sharpshoot 55% match — To shoot with precision. vs crosshair →reticled 55% match — Having a reticle. vs crosshair →collimate 53% match — To focus into a narrow beam or column; to adjust a focusing device so that it produces a narrow beam. vs crosshair →