Crisscross

Quick meaning: Crisscross is a verb meaning (transitive) To move back and forth over or through.

Meaning

(transitive) To move back and forth over or through.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To mark with crossed lines.
2. (countable) A pattern of crossed lines.
3. (countable) A mark or cross, such as the signature of a person who is unable to write.
4. (countable) A kind of crossword puzzle having no clues or definitions, but only a list of words that must be fitted into the grid.
5. Marked with crossed lines; crisscrossed.
6. Crossing one another.
7. (obsolete, uncountable) A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.

Example Sentences

As it turned out, the itinerary was disconcertingly illogical, involving criss-crossing America in anything but a straight line.

Welcome to the Ultimate Puzzle Challenge — a brand-new series of books for children who love word searches, crisscrosses, mazes, crosswords, and variety puzzles.

He told me about all the odd jobs he'd taken after I was born, when Michigan's economy was tanking. For one, he crisscrossed the Midwest buying old carpets from dentists' offices.

We reach the first barrier, which is like the barriers blocking off roadworks, or dug-up sewers: a wooden crisscross painted in yellow and black stripes, a red hexagon which means Stop.

Word Forms

• crisscrosses
• crisscrossing
• crisscrossed
• criss-cross

Synonyms for crisscross

Depending on context, synonyms include mark, cross, reticular, reticulate, reticulated, crisscrossed.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mark, cross, reticular, reticulate, reticulated, criss-cross.

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