a shot whereby a player intends for a fade and hits a hook, or conversely, intends to play a draw and hits a slice. So called because the player has aimed left (in the case of a slice) and compounds this with hitting a hook, which moves left as well.
In plant breeding or genetics studies the progeny resulting from crossing two single crosses.
[n] - an act of betrayal 2. [v] - betray by double-dealing
double-crossing noun an act of betrayal; `he gave us the old double cross`; `I could no longer tolerate his impudent double-crossing`
a betrayal or swindle of a colleague. · an attempt to win a contest that one has agreed beforehand to lose. Cf. cross (def. 21). · a cross in which both parents are first-generation hybrids from single crosses, thus involving four inbred lines.