/kris"kraws', -kros'/ , v.t.
1. to move back and forth over: students crisscrossing the field on their way to school.
2. to mark with crossing lines.
v.i.
3. to proceed or pass back and forth; be arranged in a crisscross pattern: The streets in that part of town crisscross confusingly.
adj.
4. Also, crisscrossed . having many crossing lines, paths, etc.
n.
5. a crisscross mark, pattern, etc.
6. tick-tack-toe.
adv.
7. in a crisscross manner; crosswise.
8. awry; askew.
[ 1810-20; var. of CHRISTCROSS ]