Adjective: crisscross 'kris,krós
- Marked with crossing lines
"The crisscross pattern on the fabric gave it a unique texture";
- crisscrossed
- A marking that consists of lines that cross each other
"She drew a crisscross pattern on the graph paper";
- cross, mark
- Crossing one another in opposite directions
"The roads ran crisscross through the countryside"
- Cross in a pattern, often random
"The children crisscrossed the playground in their game of tag"
- Mark with or consist of a pattern of crossed lines
"wrinkles crisscrossed her face"
Derived forms: crisscrossing, crisscrosses, crisscrossed
See also: reticular, reticulate
Type of: cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, line, marking, pass over, track, traverse
Encyclopedia: Crisscross