crisscross

== English == === Alternative forms === criss-cross === Etymology === From Middle English crist-crosse, crists-crosse (“Christ's cross”). By surface analysis, an apophonic reduplication of cross. === Pronunciation === enPR: krĭsʹ-krŏs', IPA(key): /ˈkɹɪsˌkɹɒs/ (US) [ˈkɹɪsˌkɹɔs] (UK) [ˈkɹɪsˌkɹɒs] Rhymes: -ɪskɹɒs === Verb === crisscross (third-person singular simple present crisscrosses, present participle crisscrossing, simple past and past participle crisscrossed) (transitive) To move back and forth over or through. (transitive) To mark with crossed lines. ==== Translations ==== === Noun === crisscross (countable and uncountable, plural crisscrosses) (countable) A pattern of crossed lines. (countable) A mark or cross, such as the signature of a person who is unable to write. (countable) A kind of crossword puzzle having no clues or definitions, but only a list of words that must be fitted into the grid. (obsolete, uncountable) A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross. (Can we add an example for this sense?) ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === crisscross (not comparable) Marked with crossed lines; crisscrossed. ==== Derived terms ==== crisscross-row ==== Translations ==== === Adverb === crisscross (not comparable) Crossing one another. ==== Translations ====