crisscross

[ kris-kraws, -kros ]

/ ˈkrɪsˌkrɔs, -ˌkrɒs /

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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 crisscrossed . having many crossing lines, paths, etc.

noun

a crisscross mark, pattern, etc.

tick-tack-toe.

adverb

in a crisscross manner; crosswise.

awry; askew.

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Origin of crisscross

First recorded in 1810–20; variant of christcross

Words nearby crisscross

Crispin, Crispinian, CRISPR, crispy, crissal, crisscross, crissum, crista, cristate, Cristobal, cristobalite

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How to use crisscross in a sentence

As he crisscrossed the nation in the early 1960s raising money and attention for the Southern movement, King joined Northern struggles against school and housing segregation, job discrimination and police brutality.
Martin Luther King Jr.’s challenge to liberal allies — and why it resonates today|Jeanne Theoharis|February 8, 2021|Washington Post
Whether I’m wearing it on its own or under a wetsuit, the snug fit and crisscross straps ensure it stays put without sacrificing style.
The Surf Gear I Rely on from Women-Owned Companies|Rebecca Parsons|January 30, 2021|Outside Online
Macron’s infection shows how exceedingly complicated it is to contain the second wave in Europe, a region of some 450 million people, many of whom crisscross borders easily, conducting extensive international business.
France’s Macron tests positive, and now Europe is scrambling to put the lid on a potential COVID cluster|Vivienne Walt|December 17, 2020|Fortune
Giuliani has been crisscrossing the country attending informal hearings held by sympathetic lawmakers in the hope of making the sort of splash on the local scene that he has failed to make nationally.
Giuliani boasts about finally providing evidence of fraud (which doesn’t appear to be evidence of fraud)|Philip Bump|December 4, 2020|Washington Post

Each subject had a list of people I should interview, and I would crisscross the country to interview those folks.
To Live & Die Herman Cain|Eugene Robinson|October 1, 2020|Ozy
The Israeli-only roads that crisscross the West Bank have come a long way since the beginning of the Second Intifada.
Israeli Bypass Roads: Separate But Unequal|Maysoon Zayid|August 12, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Next week, Brown will fly to Dallas and crisscross the country, stopping in California and Florida.
Scott Brown's Dark Secret|Samuel P. Jacobs|February 17, 2011|DAILY BEAST
If I travel 500 miles, I crisscross through five languages.
Tarantino's Glorious Nazi|Paul Cullum|August 16, 2009|DAILY BEAST
The peach tart was a form of pie with golden-looking sauce peeping up between crisscross strips of rich puff paste.
Maid Sally|Harriet A. Cheever
Great bands of cultivated areas crisscross the planet where the soil is of unusual fertility.
Giants on the Earth|Sterner St. Paul Meek
The old oak had been laid in a crisscross pattern, the best support possible in the days when the vaults had been made.
Ralestone Luck|Andre Norton
Lakeville had practiced its deceptive forward crisscross at least one hundred times.
The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High|Leslie W. Quirk
Wisely, Sheffield called for the forward crisscross that had twice baffled Elkana.
The Boy Scouts of Lakeville High|Leslie W. Quirk

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

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