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English

Alternative spellings

criss-cross

Etymology

Middle English Christ's cross

Verb

To move back and forth (over something.)
To mark something with crossed lines.

Noun

A pattern of crossed lines.

Adjective

crisscross

marked with crossed lines

Adverb

crisscross

crossing one another

fr:crisscross io:crisscross zh:crisscross

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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2. A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting
of lines arranged in the form of a cross.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Crisscross \Criss"cross`\, v. t.
To mark or cover with cross lines; as, a paper was
crisscrossed with red marks.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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Logs and tree luing crisscross in utter confusion.
--W. E.
Boardman.
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2. With opposition or hindrance; at cross purposes;
contrarily; as, things go crisscross.
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WordNet crisscross
adj : marked with crossing lines [syn: crisscrossed]
n : marking consisting of crossing lines [syn: cross, mark]
adv : crossing one another in opposite directions
v 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"

Moby Dictionary
Calvary cross , Christogram , Greek cross , Jerusalem cross ,
Latin cross , Maltese cross , Russian cross , T , X , across ,
across the grain , ankh , athwart , athwartships , avellan cross , bar ,
chi , chi-rho , chiasmal , chiasmic , chiastic , christcross ,
contrariwise , contrawise , cross , cross ancre , cross botonee ,
cross bourdonee , cross fitche , cross fleury , cross formee ,
cross fourchee , cross grignolee , cross moline , cross of Cleves ,
cross of Lorraine , cross patee , cross recercelee , cross-crosslet ,
cross-grained , crossbar , crossbones , crosscut , crossed , crossing ,
crosslet , crossway , crossways , crosswise , cruciate , crucifix ,
cruciform , crux , crux ansata , crux capitata , crux decussata ,
crux gammata , crux immissa , crux ordinaria , cut across , dagger ,
decussate , decussated , ex , exing , fork cross , gammadion ,
intercross , intersect , intersected , intersecting , inverted cross ,
lie across , long cross , obliquely , overthwart , papal cross ,
pectoral cross , potent cross , rood , saltire , secant , sideways ,
sidewise , swastika , tau , thwart , thwartly , thwartways , transverse ,
transversely , traverse , trefled cross , voided cross