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| criss·cross [ kríss kràwss ] |
noun (plural criss·cross·es) |
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cross or lattice arrangement: a pattern of lines that cross each other
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adjective |
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having vertical and horizontal crossed lines: running in different directions across each other, or made up of lines like this
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adverb |
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back and forth: in a way that makes a crisscross pattern of crossing lines
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verb (past and past participle criss·crossed, present participle criss·cross·ing, 3rd person present singular criss·cross·es) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb make pattern of crossed lines: to create a crisscross pattern on something
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2. transitive verb go to and fro across something: to travel or move backward and forward or in all different directions over something
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| [Early 17th century. Alteration of obsolete Christcross, the figure of a cross, contraction of Christ's cross] |
