- (v.t.) To mark or cover with cross lines; as, a paper was crisscrossed with red marks.
- (n.) A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write.
- (adv.) With opposition or hindrance; at cross purposes; contrarily; as, things go crisscross.
- (adv.) In opposite directions; in a way to cross something else; crossing one another at various angles and in various ways.
- (n.) A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "crisscross" 27 May 2011. Web. 26 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/crisscross/definitions/1993064> |