transcription, транскрипция: [ krɪs krɒs, AM - krɔ:s ]
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