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criss⋅cross

[kris-kraws, -kros]

–verb (used with object)

1.	to move back and forth over: students crisscrossing the field on their way to school.

2.	to mark with crossing lines.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to proceed or pass back and forth; be arranged in a crisscross pattern: The streets in that part of town crisscross confusingly.

–adjective

4.	Also, crisscrossed. having many crossing lines, paths, etc.

–noun

5.	a crisscross mark, pattern, etc.

6.	tick-tack-toe.

–adverb

7.	in a crisscross manner; crosswise.

8.	awry; askew.

Origin:
1810–20; var. of christcross

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Language Translation for : Crisscross

Spanish:

entrelazado,

German:

das Liniengewirr,

Japanese:

交差した

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criss·cross   (krĭs'krôs', -krŏs') Pronunciation Key
v.   criss·crossed, criss·cross·ing, criss·cross·es

v.   tr.

To mark with crossing lines.
To move back and forth through or over: crisscrossed the country on a speaking tour.

v. intr.
To move back and forth.
n.

A mark or pattern made of crossing lines.
A state of being at conflicting or contrary purposes.

adj. Crossing one another or marked by crossings.
adv. In a manner or direction that crosses or is marked by crossings.

[Alteration of Middle English Cristcrosse, mark of a cross, short for Cristcross (me speed), may Christ's cross (give me success).]

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crisscross

1818, from M.E. crist(s)-crosse "Christ's cross." Used today without awareness of origin.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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crisscross
adjective
1.	marked with crossing lines
adverb
1.	crossing one another in opposite directions
noun
1.	a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
verb
1.	cross in a pattern, often random
2.	mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines; "wrinkles crisscrossed her face"
3.	mark with a pattern of crossing lines; "crisscross the sheet of paper"

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Crisscross

Criss"cross`\ (kr?s"kr?s`; 115), n. [A corruption of Christcross.]

1. A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write.

2. A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Crisscross

Criss"cross`\, v. t. To mark or cover with cross lines; as, a paper was crisscrossed with red marks.

Crisscross

Criss"cross`\ (kr?s"kr?s`;115), adv. 1. In opposite directions; in a way to cross something else; crossing one another at various angles and in various ways.

Logs and tree luing crisscross in utter confusion. --W. E. Boardman.

2. With opposition or hindrance; at cross purposes; contrarily; as, things go crisscross.