Meaning of CRISSCROSS
| Pronunciation: | | 'kris`kros
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- [n] marking consisting of crossing lines
- [adv] crossing one another in opposite directions
- [adj] marked with crossing lines
- [v] mark with a pattern of crossing lines; "crisscross the sheet of paper"
- [v] mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines; "wrinkles crisscrossed her face"
- [v] cross in a pattern, often random
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| | Synonyms: | | crisscrossed, cross, mark, reticular, reticulate, reticulated |
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| | See Also: | | cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, honeycomb, line, mark, marking, pass over, track, traverse | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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.
2. A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting
of lines arranged in the form of a cross.
\Criss"cross`\, v. t.
To mark or cover with cross lines; as, a paper was
crisscrossed with red marks.
\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.
Logs and tree luing crisscross in utter confusion.
--W. E.
Boardman.
2. With opposition or hindrance; at cross purposes;
contrarily; as, things go crisscross.
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