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Word entry · 10 letters

crisscross

Best crossword clue

"Intersect repeatedly"

10 letters · collected on this word page

10 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɹɪsˌkɹɒs/Part of speech adverb, verb, adjective, nounSorted cciorrssssStarts with CEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
1C2R3I4S5S6C7R8O9S10S

Definitions

  1. crossing one another in opposite directions

Word origin

From Middle English crist-crosse, crists-crosse (“Christ's cross”).

Used in a sentence

  • As it turned out, the itinerary was disconcertingly illogical, involving criss-crossing America in anything but a straight line.
  • He told me about all the odd jobs he'd taken after I was born, when Michigan's economy was tanking. For one, he crisscrossed the Midwest buying old carpets from dentists' offices.
  • We reach the first barrier, which is like the barriers blocking off roadworks, or dug-up sewers: a wooden crisscross painted in yellow and black stripes, a red hexagon which means Stop.

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