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criss·cross (kris′krôs′)

noun

  1. a mark made of two crossed lines (), often used as a signature by people who cannot write their names
  2. a pattern made of crossed lines
  3. a being confused or at cross-purposes

Etymology: ME Christcros, Christ's cross, the cross at the head of an alphabet, for the symbol X (Gr χ), abbrev. of Christ (Christos)

adjective

marked with or moving in crossing lines

transitive verb

  1. to mark or cover with crossing lines
  2. to move to and fro across

intransitive verb

to move crosswise

adverb

  1. crosswise
  2. awry

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

crisscross Usage Examples

Object

  • globe: Europa's most striking aspect is a series of dark streaks crisscrossing the entire globe.

Subject

  • canal: Venice Known as the ' Queen of the Adriatic ' , Venice stands on 120 islands, crisscrossed by some 177 canals.

Modifies a noun

  • pattern: Score the flesh in a crisscross pattern ( forming cubes ).

Preposition: by

  • canal: Venice Known as the ' Queen of the Adriatic ' , Venice stands on 120 islands, crisscrossed by some 177 canals.
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