criss-cross
See also: crisscross
English
editNoun
editcriss-cross (plural criss-crosses)
- Alternative spelling of crisscross
Adjective
editcriss-cross (comparative more criss-cross, superlative most criss-cross)
- Alternative spelling of crisscross
Adverb
editcriss-cross (comparative more criss-cross, superlative most criss-cross)
- Alternative spelling of crisscross
Derived terms
editVerb
editcriss-cross (third-person singular simple present criss-crosses, present participle criss-crossing, simple past and past participle criss-crossed)
- Alternative spelling of crisscross
- 1960 February, J. N. Faulkner, “The Belgian Railways today”, in Trains Illustrated, page 86:
- The Borinage coalfield around Mons is another attractive area for the railway enthusiast; it is rather like South Lancashire, with its gently undulating landscape studded with slag heaps and pithead gear and criss-crossed by railway lines and tramways.
References
edit- “criss-cross”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.