crisscross

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

adjective
  1. Also crisscrossed . having many crossing lines, paths, etc.

noun
  1. a crisscross mark, pattern, etc.

adverb
  1. in a crisscross manner; crosswise.

  2. awry; askew.

Origin of crisscross

1
First recorded in 1810–20; variant of christcross

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British Dictionary definitions for crisscross

crisscross

/ (ˈkrɪsˌkrɒs) /


verb
  1. to move or cause to move in a crosswise pattern

  2. to mark with or consist of a pattern of crossing lines

adjective
  1. (esp of a number of lines) crossing one another in different directions

noun
  1. a pattern made of crossing lines

  2. a US term for noughts and crosses

adverb
  1. in a crosswise manner or pattern

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