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criss

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for criss.

Editorial note

Could you explain why you think the recursive strategy is a bad one for working out criss-cross merges?

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Quick take

Alternative form of kris (“dagger”). [A traditional Indonesian, Malaysian, or Filipino sword or dagger having a tapering, usually serpentine blade.]

Meaning at a glance

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noun

Alternative form of kris (“dagger”). [A traditional Indonesian, Malaysian, or Filipino sword or dagger having a tapering, usually serpentine blade.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for criss.

noun

Alternative form of kris (“dagger”). [A traditional Indonesian, Malaysian, or Filipino sword or dagger having a tapering, usually serpentine blade.]

Example sentences

1

Could you explain why you think the recursive strategy is a bad one for working out criss-cross merges?

2

He's an old timer with modern sensibilities, narratives that criss-cross eras with ease and a cosmological perspective.

3

Even this simple piece of text goes through an intricate combination of radio waves, copper and fiber criss-cross through the world.

4

At the lowest zoom level what are geometric lines that criss cross Greenland and the curvilinear lines and rings off the coasts?

5

Personally I think trains are awesome, and I've love to see high-speed bullet trains criss-crossing America.

6

The phone network is a massive bunch of criss-crossing and mutually-dependent relationships.

7

I had over 100 stitches in my head and my face was a criss cross of zipper scars for years.

8

Prevent criss-cross merges though, those are a pain.

9

I was actually hoping someone would post a solution using criss-cross[3].

10

Map generation was actually far more complex than I thought it would be (in particular, generating meaningful networks of roads that don't criss-cross too much).

11

If one is moving every four months it makes sense to pay the extra money for a furnished place rather than criss-cross the continent moving one's furniture and cookware around.

12

Having criss-crossed the globe and now running a startup that has offices in three (very) different countries, I have come to appreciate and admire the man and his vision.

Quote examples

1

So the underinformed get a better idea of what you mean by "criss-crossing and mutually dependent relationships" I'll say that there are many, many phone companies, and they constantly buy and sell DIDs (phone numbers).

2

"The wide blue sky was shredded by the dark criss-crossing telegraph lines..."

3

I'd bet those "ripples" and "criss-crosses" was what confused the bird.

4

As such, a certain type of person will argue that there wasn't "really" a "general criss" in the 17th century because the panoply of events aren't enough to trigger their edge-detectors, and they feel that their edge-detectors are arbiters of reality.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use criss in a sentence?

Could you explain why you think the recursive strategy is a bad one for working out criss-cross merges?

What does criss mean?

Alternative form of kris (“dagger”). [A traditional Indonesian, Malaysian, or Filipino sword or dagger having a tapering, usually serpentine blade.]

What part of speech is criss?

criss is commonly used as noun.