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criss-cross

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for criss-cross.

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 spelling of crisscross. [(countable) A pattern of crossed lines.]

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of criss-cross gathered in one view.

noun

Alternative spelling of crisscross. [(countable) A pattern of crossed lines.]

verb

Alternative spelling of crisscross. [(transitive) To move back and forth over or through.]

adverb

Alternative spelling of crisscross. [Crossing one another.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for criss-cross.

noun

Alternative spelling of crisscross. [(countable) A pattern of crossed lines.]

verb

Alternative spelling of crisscross. [(transitive) To move back and forth over or through.]

adverb

Alternative spelling of crisscross. [Crossing one another.]

adjective

Alternative spelling of crisscross. [Marked with crossed lines; crisscrossed.]

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

It doesn't really matter anyway as long as you have procedures to prevent criss-cross merges.

5

Merge behaviour was much smarter in case of diverging tip or criss-cross merges.

6

The problem with this is that the latter has an infinitely higher chance of resulting in criss-cross merges than the former (which is 0).

7

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

8

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

9

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).

10

I've seen glass that has the criss-cross wires in it that is not bullet proof, but the wires make it very difficult to smash out/though.

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

Unless your common ancestor is multiple ancestors (eg, criss-cross merges), which I can't imagine is really commmon, it shouldn't differ appreciably from git-merge-resolve except that it can do rename detection.

Quote examples

1

(Generally the same sorts of things that create "criss-cross merge scenarios".) Rebased commits start to bring in regressions from other branches.

2

You get the results of "criss-cross merges" as "ghosts" you can't easily debug because there aren't good UI tools for the rerere cache.

3

Even the worst "criss-cross merge" commits are obvious in a commit log and I've seen have had enough data to surgically fix, often nearly as soon as they happen.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use criss-cross 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-cross mean?

Alternative spelling of crisscross. [(countable) A pattern of crossed lines.]

What part of speech is criss-cross?

criss-cross is commonly used as noun, verb, adverb, adjective.