crisscross

Meanings

Verb

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

Noun

• A pattern of crossed lines.
• A mark or cross, such as the signature of a person who is unable to write.
• A kind of crossword puzzle having no clues or definitions, but only a list of words that must be fitted into the grid.
• A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.

Adjective

• Marked with crossed lines.

Adverb

• Crossing one another.

Origin

• From Middle English crist-crosse, crists-crosse