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Definition of criss-cross verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

criss-cross

verb

NAmE//ˈkrɪs krɔs//

[transitive, intransitive] criss-cross (something) criss-cross something (with something)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they criss-cross

he / she / it criss-crosses

past simple criss-crossed

-ing form criss-crossing

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to make a pattern on something with many straight lines that cross each other The city is criss-crossed with canals. Searchlights were criss-crossing the sky.

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