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crisscross
[kris-kraws, -kros]
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.
adverb
in a crisscross manner; crosswise.
awry; askew.
crisscross
/ ˈɪˌɒ /
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
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of crisscross1
Example Sentences
And that’s what Los Angeles looks like, with storylines that crisscross the globe and transcend borders.
Where the aged tree’s limbs once exploded into violet, singed branches crisscrossed in colorless sterility like an unfinished painting.
A Times reporter and photographer crisscrossed the southern half of L.A.
Built on mountainous terrain and crisscrossed by rivers, it is connected by vast elevated roads.
Hymns played out on giant speakers, occasionally drowned out by the sound of helicopters flying overhead, as drones and seagulls crisscrossed over Michelangelo's dome.
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