criss-cross

A form of crisscross — To move back and forth over or through.

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Meanings

nouncriss-cross (plural criss-crosses)

plural criss-crosses

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of crisscross.
adjectivecriss-cross (comparative more criss-cross, superlative most criss-cross)

comparative more criss-cross · superlative most criss-cross

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of crisscross.
adverbcriss-cross (comparative more criss-cross, superlative most criss-cross)

comparative more criss-cross · superlative most criss-cross

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of crisscross.
verbcriss-cross (third-person singular simple present criss-crosses, present participle criss-crossing, simple past and past participle criss-crossed)

present singular third person criss-crosses · participle present criss-crossing · participle past criss-crossed · past criss-crossed

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of crisscross.

    The Borinage coalfield around Mons is another attractive area for the railway enthusiast; it is rather like South Lancashire, with its gently undulating landscape studded with slag heaps and pithead gear and criss-crossed by railway lines and tramways.

    1960 February, J. N. Faulkner, “The Belgian Railways today”, in Trains Illustrated, page 86
Cite this entry
APA

criss-cross. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/criss-cross

MLA

“criss-cross.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/criss-cross. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “criss-cross,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/criss-cross.

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