crisscross
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crisscross
- /ˈkɹɪsˌkɹɒs/
Rhymes with -ɪskɹɒs
Where it comes from
From Middle English crist-crosse, crists-crosse (“Christ's cross”).
By surface analysis, an apophonic reduplication of cross.
verb crisscrosses · crisscrossing · crisscrossed · criss-cross
- To move back and forth over or through. As it turned out, the itinerary was disconcertingly illogical, involving criss-crossing America in anything but a straight line.
- To mark with crossed lines.
noun crisscrosses · criss-cross
- A pattern of crossed lines. We reach the first barrier, which is like the barriers blocking off roadworks, or dug-up sewers: a wooden crisscross painted in yellow and black stripes, a red hexagon which means Stop.
- A mark or cross, such as the signature of a person who is unable to write.
- A kind of crossword puzzle having no clues or definitions, but only a list of words that must be fitted into the grid. A definite advantage of the fact that no fill-in-the-blank sentences are used is that it's very easy for kids to enter their own words and see them instantly transformed into crisscrosses, word searches, and other fun games.
- A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.
adjective criss-cross
- Marked with crossed lines; crisscrossed.
adverb criss-cross
- Crossing one another.
Translations
Every language
verb move back and forth
| Français | sillonner |
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adv crossing one another
| Deutsch | kreuz und quer |
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| Italiano | incrociarsi, intersecarsi |
| Русский | крест-на́крест krest-nákrest |
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