A game associated with the recitation of a children's counting-out rhyme beginning with the words ‘tit-tat-toe’ (see, e.g., quot. 1888); spec. (a)…
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释义 | society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > noughts and crosses (5) tit-tat-toe1856 A game associated with the recitation of a children's counting-out rhyme beginning with the words ‘tit-tat-toe’ (see, e.g., quot. 1888); spec. (a)… oughts and crosses1861 A nought, zero, cipher. Frequently in oughts and crosses n. = noughts and crosses, n. Also figurative. noughts and crosses1864 A game in which two players seek to complete a row of either three noughts or three crosses, each one drawn alternately in the spaces of a grid of… X's and O's1894 The letter considered with regard to its shape: chiefly attributive and in other combinations. Hence identified with a cross. X's and O's: the… tick-tack-toe1960 U.S. = noughts and crosses, n.; ought, n.2; also the cross-shaped frame in which this game is played; also figurative. |
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