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What (who) is criss-cross - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Crisscross; Criss Cross (disambiguation); Criss Cross; Criss cross; Criscross; Cris-cross; Criss-cross (disambiguation); Criss-Cross
criss-cross
also crisscross
(criss-crosses, criss-crossing, criss-crossed)
1.
If a person or thing criss-crosses an area, they travel from one side to the other and back again many times, following different routes. If a number of things criss-cross an area, they cross it, and cross over each other.
They criss-crossed the country by bus...
Telephone wires criss-cross the street.
VERB: V n, V n
2.
If two sets of lines or things criss-cross, they cross over each other.
Wires criss-cross between the tops of the poles, forming a grid...
The roads here are quite a maze, criss-crossing one another in a fashion that at times defies logic.
V-RECIP: pl-n V, V pron-recip
3.
A criss-cross pattern or design consists of lines crossing each other.
Slash the tops of the loaves with a sharp serrated knife in a criss-cross pattern.
ADJ: ADJ n
criss-cross
¦ noun a pattern of intersecting straight lines or paths.
¦ adjective (of a pattern) containing a number of intersecting straight lines or paths.
¦ verb
1. form a criss-cross pattern on (a place).
2. move or travel around (a place) by going back and forth repeatedly.
Origin
C17 (denoting a figure of a cross preceding the alphabet in a hornbook): from Christ-cross, later treated as a reduplication of cross.
Criss-cross squeeze
SQUEEZE PLAY IN BRIDGE
Criss Cross Squeeze
In contract bridge, the criss-cross squeeze is a variant of the simple squeeze in which both menaces are blocked. However, the blocking cards provide the necessary communication between hands after the squeeze has been effected.
Wikipedia
Criss-cross
Criss Cross and variants thereof may refer to:
Examples of use of criss-cross
1. Bridges criss–cross numerous canals, but the water is filthy.
2. Canals criss–cross the landscape irrigating the land from the waters of the two great rivers.
3. Thousands of people criss–cross these points for business and private visits daily.
4. Their real business is oil theft, breaking into the pipelines that criss–cross the remote and inaccessible region.
5. Fuel pipelines criss–cross Africa‘s top oil–producing nation and explosions and fires with high fatalities are frequent.