[
US
/ˈkɹɪsˌkɹɔs/
]
[ UK /kɹˈɪskɹɒs/ ]
[ UK /kɹˈɪskɹɒs/ ]
VERB
-
mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines
wrinkles crisscrossed her face - cross in a pattern, often random
-
mark with a pattern of crossing lines
crisscross the sheet of paper
ADJECTIVE
- marked with crossing lines
ADVERB
- crossing one another in opposite directions
NOUN
- a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
How To Use crisscross In A Sentence
- This spring-flowering species has elegant slender stems, suspended from which are pendulous bell-shaped flowers, very green in bud, opening to cream, crisscrossed with green and maroon netted markings.
- He's crisscrossing down another ski slope to keep his world - record streak alive.
- The terrain is bumpy, crisscrossed by steep elevations and ridges not running parallel to the river and bisected by numerous ravines.
- Here, we padded a wall with batting and fabric, then secured crisscrossing ribbons with fabric tacks.
- Statesmen will crisscross the Continent.
- When she got to her feet she heard her knees crack, and the broadloom carpet had made deep red crisscross marks on her skin. AFTERMATH
- He had been finely striped from nape to knees with something like a coachwhip, the weals crisscrossing neatly like hemstitching. Sick Cycle Carousel
- Besides the usual culprits that you never fail to blame, the loggers, I have noticed you haven't mentioned how much those Whoppers you so proudly scarf while you cruise the relatively new highways crisscrossing the state as you visit your pals in their quaint villages and enjoying other scenic splendors of that magnificent state have contributed to the massive loss of virgen forests. Huatulco to Oaxaca City Road Trip
- An open framework made of strips of metal, wood , or similar overlappeda regular, usually crisscross pattern.
- Both men are crisscrossing battleground states they've crisscrossed countless times already.