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criss-crossing

criss-crossing is the present participle and gerund of criss-cross.

criss-crossing is the alternative form of crisscrossing.

Meaning of crisscrossing

Noun

crisscrossing (plural crisscrossings)

  1. A crisscross pattern.
    • Because of the snow at the pass, the actual trail was transformed into a confusion of random crisscrossings with relentless slippery scree.2008, Michal Reed, High Altitude Interiors, page 106

Forms of criss-crossing

pluralcriss-crossings

Questions about criss-crossing

What is criss-crossing the present participle and gerund of?
Criss-crossing is the present participle and gerund of criss-cross.

Words near criss-crossing in the dictionary

  1. criss-cross applesauce
  2. criss-cross letter
  3. criss-cross writing
  4. criss-crossed
  5. criss-crosses
  6. criss-crossing
  7. crissa
  8. crissake
  9. crissakes
  10. crissal
  11. crissal thrasher

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