crisscross

Alternative forms

• criss-cross

Etymology

From Middle English crist-crosse, crists-crosse (“Christ's cross”)

Verb

crisscross (third-person singular simple present crisscrosses, present participle crisscrossing, simple past and past participle crisscrossed)

1. To move back and forth (over something.)
2. To mark something with crossed lines.

Noun

crisscross (plural crisscrosses)

1. A pattern of crossed lines.
2. A mark or cross, such as the signature of a person who is unable to write.
3. A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.

Adjective

crisscross (not comparable)

1. marked with crossed lines

Adverb

crisscross (not comparable)

1. crossing one another