Definition of crisscross
- n. - A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is
unable to write.
- n. - A child's game played on paper or on a slate,
consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.
- v. t. - To mark or cover with cross lines; as, a paper was
crisscrossed with red marks.
- adv. - In opposite directions; in a way to cross something
else; crossing one another at various angles and in various ways.
- adv. - With opposition or hindrance; at cross purposes;
contrarily; as, things go crisscross.