crisscross
[ kris-kraws, -kros ]
/ ˈkrɪsˌkrɔs, -ˌkrɒs /
verb (used with object)
to move back and forth over: students crisscrossing the field on their way to school.
to mark with crossing lines.
verb (used without object)
to proceed or pass back and forth; be arranged in a crisscross pattern: The streets in that part of town crisscross confusingly.
adjective
Also criss·crossed.
having many crossing lines, paths, etc.
noun
a crisscross mark, pattern, etc.
adverb
in a crisscross manner; crosswise.
awry; askew.
Origin of crisscross
First recorded in 1810–20; variant of
christcross
Words nearby crisscross
crispin,
crispinian,
crispr,
crispy,
crissal,
crisscross,
crissum,
crista,
crista galli,
cristate,
cristobal
Words related to crisscross
Example sentences from the Web for crisscross
The Israeli-only roads that crisscross the West Bank have come a long way since the beginning of the Second Intifada.
Next week, Brown will fly to Dallas and crisscross the country, stopping in California and Florida.
If I travel 500 miles, I crisscross through five languages.
Another moment and Danny was at the foot of the ghostly pine-tree, staring upward at the crisscross of its naked branches.
America First |Frances Nimmo Greene
It'll shoot up the canyons and crisscross the forest in no time.
The Young Forester |Zane GreyIt was that new Goodyear that I was tracking, the one that's all crisscross.
Pee-wee Harris on the Trail |Percy Keese FitzhughThey crisscross the face in angry red welts, and are permanent and ineffaceable.
A Tramp Abroad, Complete |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)The large paper pad in front of him was covered with crisscross lines.
Cue for Quiet |Thomas L. Sherred
British Dictionary definitions for crisscross
crisscross
/ (ˈkrɪsˌkrɒs) /
verb
to move or cause to move in a crosswise pattern
to mark with or consist of a pattern of crossing lines
adjective
(esp of a number of lines) crossing one another in different directions
noun
a pattern made of crossing lines
a US term for noughts and crosses
adverb
in a crosswise manner or pattern