verb
crisscross
KRIHS-kros
verb
1
To cross something repeatedly in different directions.
"Hiking trails crisscross the entire mountain range."
"The delivery driver crisscrossed the city all afternoon."
noun
1
A pattern of crossing lines.
"The fence was made of wire in a crisscross pattern."
adj
1
Marked with lines crossing each other.
"The pie had a crisscross lattice crust."
How to Use Crisscross
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTo cross back and forth, or a pattern of lines crossing each other.
Common pairings
crisscross pattern
crisscross the country
Word Forms
crisscrossed past tense, crisscrosses plural, crisscrosses singular
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Etymology
From "Christ-cross," an old term for a cross-shaped mark, altered over time into "crisscross."