crisscross

¹criss·cross

verb \ˈkris-ˌkrȯs\

Definition of CRISSCROSS

transitive verb

1

: to mark with intersecting lines

2

: to pass back and forth through or over

intransitive verb

1

: to go or pass back and forth

2

: overlap, intersect

Examples of CRISSCROSS

1. Several highways crisscross the state.
2. shoelaces that crisscross over the top of the shoe
3. Tourists crisscrossed the lake from morning until night.
4. Scientists have been crisscrossing the country to collect data.

Origin of CRISSCROSS

obsolete christcross, crisscross mark of a cross

First Known Use: 1818

Rhymes with CRISSCROSS

across, backcross, brown sauce, bugloss, club moss, duck sauce, emboss, Greek cross, hard sauce, Kinross, kouros, lacrosse, oakmoss, outcross, pathos, peat moss, pit boss, Red Cross, ringtoss, straw boss, tau cross, topcross, uncross, white sauce

²crisscross

adjective

Definition of CRISSCROSS

: marked or characterized by crisscrossing

— crisscross adverb

First Known Use of CRISSCROSS

1840

³crisscross

noun

Definition of CRISSCROSS

1

: a crisscross pattern : network

2

: the state of being at cross-purposes; also : a confused state

Examples of CRISSCROSS

1. She pointed toward the crisscross of trees that had fallen on the path.

First Known Use of CRISSCROSS

1833