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What does "crisscross" mean?

Crisscross: A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To mark or cover with cross lines; as, a paper was crisscrossed with red marks.
  2. 3.In opposite directions; in a way to cross something else; crossing one another at various angles and in various ways. Logs and tree luing crisscross in utter confusion. W. E. Boardman.
  3. 4.With opposition or hindrance; at cross purposes; contrarily; as, things go crisscross.

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