acrosst adverb 1preposition 1 adverb1 •(dialect, no longer used) acrossEmily steps back behind a rope that a couple of hands stretches acrosst the stage; and then a couple more hands shoves a wooden runaway acrosst the orchestra rail … — 1923 preposition1 •acrossTheir family worked the land behind that horse farm acrosst from where your great-grannie and all us used to live. — 2006