criss cross
criss-cross /ˈkrɪs.krɒs/ $ /-krɑːs/
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English DictionaryI. criss-cross verb - to make a pattern on something with many straight lines that cross each other
- criss-cross (something)
● Searchlights were criss-crossing the sky. - ● The smaller streets criss-cross in a grid pattern.
- be criss-crossed with something
● The city is criss-crossed with canals.
More Like This Reduplicative wordsReduplicative words Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting a figure of a cross preceding the alphabet in a hornbook, an old fashioned teaching aid): from Christ-cross (in the same sense in late Middle English), from Christ's cross. The form was later treated as a reduplication of cross.
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II. criss-cross noun - a pattern of many straight lines that cross each other
- ● a criss-cross of streets
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III. criss-cross adjective - with many straight lines that cross each other
Word Originearly 17th cent. (denoting a figure of a cross preceding the alphabet in a hornbook, an old fashioned teaching aid): from Christ-cross (in the same sense in late Middle English), from Christ's cross. The form was later treated as a reduplication of cross.
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