crisscross vs crosscut

crisscross

noun
  • A pattern of crossed lines. 

  • A mark or cross, such as the signature of a person who is unable to write. 

  • A kind of crossword puzzle having no clues or definitions, but only a list of words that must be fitted into the grid. 

adv
  • Crossing one another. 

adj
  • Marked with crossed lines. 

verb
  • To mark with crossed lines. 

  • To move back and forth over or through. 

crosscut

noun
  • A crosswise cut. 

  • A shortcut. 

  • A crosscut saw. 

  • A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. 

  • An instance of filmic crosscutting. 

verb
  • To cut (wood, lumber) across the grain. 

  • To cut across something. 

  • To cut repeatedly between two concurrent scenes. 

How often have the words crisscross and crosscut occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )