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  • noun Plural form of crisscross.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crisscross.

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Examples

  • Then, according to a schedule, the mower leaves its charging station and crisscrosses randomly within its boundaries, reversing direction when it reaches the wire or an obstacle.

    Outdoor-gear preview: Meet the Landroid 'unmanned' mower 2010

  • Foremost is the 120-year-old Stanley Cup, which when not on display in Toronto crisscrosses the game's heartlands attracting popular adulation unknown to the championship trophies of other sports.

    The Glorious and The Gruesome Michael Woodsworth 2011

  • And I used to cut myself, Cole, now 19, told me, rubbing her hands over the raised crisscrosses and lines up and down both forearms.

    For bullied gay teens, the world is still far from accepting Petula Dvorak 2010

  • Once shy about public speaking, today she crisscrosses the country addressing thousands at a time.

    Birth of a Movement Douglas A. Blackmon 2010

  • Here are a few modest proposals from outside the Beltway for him to ponder as crisscrosses the country in the final days of the fall campaign:

    Derek Shearer: Bridging the Enthusiasm Gap: Obama and the Conventional Wisdom Derek Shearer 2010

  • And I used to cut myself, Cole, now 19, told me, rubbing her hands over the raised crisscrosses and lines up and down both forearms.

    For bullied gay teens, the world is still far from accepting Petula Dvorak 2010

  • Last week he became the new face of Travel Channel's "Made in America," for which he crisscrosses the country for a peek inside American factories like Wiffle Ball, Crayola crayons and Gibson guitars.

    A Theater Where Eating Is Definitely Allowed Pervaiz Shallwani 2011

  • Daniel Hernandez crisscrosses la capital and transcends borders that have held others back—from the coruscating decadence of the party city to the outlying barrios where people survive by their wits amid the bewildering violence of Mexico in the age of the narco.

    Down and Delirious in Mexico City Daniel Hernandez 2011

  • Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean is emerging as a thorn in the side of a White House that effectively swept him out of Washington, regularly challenging President Obama and Congress as he crisscrosses the country preaching his progressive vision for universal health care.

    POLITICAL HOT TOPICS: August 20, 2009 2009

  • She has multiple events scheduled every day as she crisscrosses the district, and twitters details to her followers so people always know where she is going to be.

    Matthew Givens: Alabama 2nd Congressional District Recap Matthew Givens 2010

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