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criss⋅cross

  [kris-kraws, -kros]
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–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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criss·cross   (krĭs'krôs', -krŏs')   
v.   criss·crossed, criss·cross·ing, criss·cross·es

v.   tr.
  1. To mark with crossing lines.
  2. To move back and forth through or over: crisscrossed the country on a speaking tour.
v.   intr.
To move back and forth.
n.  
  1. A mark or pattern made of crossing lines.
  2. 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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