crisscross

• criss-cross

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

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.

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.

crisscross (not comparable)

1. marked with crossed lines

crisscross (not comparable)

1. crossing one another