Dictionary

crisscross en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (UK)
• krĭsʹ-krŏs'
• (US)
• /ˈkɹɪsˌkɹɒs/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English crist-crosse, crists-crosse (“Christ's cross”). By surface analysis, an apophonic reduplication of cross.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Marked with crossed lines; crisscrossed.

Forms

Deriveds

crisscross-row

Translations (7)

mi rakapikipiki (marked with crossed lines) · fi ristitty (marked with crossed lines) · hu cikcakkos (marked with crossed lines) · fi ruudukoitu (marked with crossed lines) · ota سطرنجلو (marked with crossed lines) · fi ristiviivattu (marked with crossed lines) · hu cikcakk alakú (marked with crossed lines)

crisscross en · ADV

Pronunciation

• (UK)
• krĭsʹ-krŏs'
• (US)
• /ˈkɹɪsˌkɹɒs/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English crist-crosse, crists-crosse (“Christ's cross”). By surface analysis, an apophonic reduplication of cross.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Crossing one another.

Forms

Translations (17)

hu összevissza (crossing one another) · fi ristiin rastiin (crossing one another) · izh ristii rastii (crossing one another) · hu keresztbe-kasul (crossing one another) · cs křížem (crossing one another) · sv kors och tvärs (crossing one another) · hu keresztbe (crossing one another) · it intersecarsi (crossing one another) · fi pitkin poikin (crossing one another) · de kreuz und quer (crossing one another) · fi ristikkäin (crossing one another) · fi ympäri ämpäri (crossing one another) · ru крест-на́крест (crossing one another) · it incrociarsi (crossing one another) · fi ristissä (crossing one another) · hu ide-oda (crossing one another) · sv härs och tvärs (crossing one another)

crisscross en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (UK)
• krĭsʹ-krŏs'
• (US)
• /ˈkɹɪsˌkɹɒs/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English crist-crosse, crists-crosse (“Christ's cross”). By surface analysis, an apophonic reduplication of cross.

Meanings

1. (countable) A pattern of crossed lines.
   • 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. 1985, Margaret Atwood, “Shopping”, in The Handmaid’s Tale, Toronto, Ont.: McClelland and Stewart, →ISBN, page 30:
2. (countable) A mark or cross, such as the signature of a person who is unable to write.
3. (countable) A kind of crossword puzzle having no clues or definitions, but only a list of words that must be fitted into the grid.
   • A definite advantage of the fact that no fill-in-the-blank sentences are used is that it's very easy for kids to enter their own words and see them instantly transformed into crisscrosses, word searches, and other fun games. 1992, Judy Salpeter, Kids and Computers: A Parent's Handbook, page 213:
   • Welcome to the Ultimate Puzzle Challenge — a brand-new series of books for children who love word searches, crisscrosses, mazes, crosswords, and variety puzzles. 2010, Helene Hovanec, Ultimate Puzzle Challenge: Mind Mashers, page 3:
4. (obsolete, uncountable) A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.

Forms

Translations (8)

fi ruudukko (pattern of crossed lines) · hu cikcakkvonal (pattern of crossed lines) · hu keresztvonás (pattern of crossed lines) · hu cikcakk (pattern of crossed lines) · hu kereszt (pattern of crossed lines) · bg мрежа от пресечени линии (pattern of crossed lines) · mi rakapikipiki (pattern of crossed lines) · fi ristikko (pattern of crossed lines)

crisscross en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (UK)
• krĭsʹ-krŏs'
• (US)
• /ˈkɹɪsˌkɹɒs/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English crist-crosse, crists-crosse (“Christ's cross”). By surface analysis, an apophonic reduplication of cross.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To move back and forth over or through.
   • Throughout this period, and beyond, into the rest of the battle, aircraft of various types and loadouts are crisscrossing the skies in desperate harassment attacks, with the pilots having to play constant games of "guess the carrier" to decide where to land as escort carriers are hit, sunk, disappear in columns of shell splashes, or are forced to evade at angles to the wind that make landing on them impossible. 2019 February 27, Drachinifel, 27:22 from the start, in The Battle of Samar - Odds? What are those?, archived from the original on 03 Nov 2022:
   • As it turned out, the itinerary was disconcertingly illogical, involving criss-crossing America in anything but a straight line. 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 71:
   • 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. 2008 October, Davy Rothbart, “How I caught up with dad”, in Men's Health, volume 23, number 8, →ISSN, page 112:
2. (transitive) To mark with crossed lines.

Forms

Translations (16)

mi kōpiko (move back and forth) · id menyilang (mark with crossed lines) · hu cikcakkvonalban halad (move back and forth) · mi whitiwhiti (move back and forth) · hu keresztül-kasul bejár/beutaz (move back and forth) · la intercursō (move back and forth) · fr sillonner (move back and forth) · hu cikázik (move back and forth) · fi liikkua ristiin rastiin (move back and forth) · bg кръстосвам (move back and forth) · fi risteillä (move back and forth) · fi ruuduttaa (mark with crossed lines) · hu ide-oda jár (move back and forth) · hu kereszttel/keresztekkel jelöl (mark with crossed lines) · id serang-serong (move back and forth) · hu keresztez (mark with crossed lines)