tit-tat-toen.

Brit.

/ˌtɪtˌtatˈtəʊ/, U.S.

/ˌtɪtˌtætˈtoʊ/

Forms: 1800s– tit-tat-to, 1800s– tit-tat-toe.

Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps an imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Origin uncertain, perhaps originally imitative of the sound of two short beats and a long one, reflecting the rhythm of a counting-out rhyme (compare tit-tat n.). Compare later tip-tap-toe n. at tip-tap n., and tick-tack-toe n.

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) (now chiefly U.S.) 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 nine squares; = noughts and crosses n. (cf. tick-tack-toe n. b, tip-tap-toe n. at tip-tap n.); (b) a game played on an (esp. circular) grid divided into numbered sections, in which players take turns at selecting sections at random and adding the numbers of the sections selected to their scores; = tick-tack-toe n. a.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > others

buckle-pit1532

marrowbone1533

put-pin?1577

primus secundus1584

fox in the hole1585

haltering of Hick's mare1585

muss1591

pushpin1598

Jack-in-the-box1600

a penny in the forehead1602

buckerels1649

bumdockdousse1653

peck-point1653

toro1660

wheelbarrow1740

thread-needle1751

thrush-a-thrush1766

runaway ring?1790

Gregory1801

pick-point1801

fighting cocks1807

runaway knock1813

tit-tat-toe1818

French and English1820

honeypots1821

roly-poly1821

tickle-tail1821

pottle1822

King of Cantland1825

tip-top-castle1834

tile1837

statue1839

chip stone1843

hen and chickens1843

king of the castle1843

King Caesar1849

rap-jacket1870

old witch1881

tick-tack-toe1884

twos and threes1896

last across (the road)1904

step1909

king of the hill1928

Pooh-sticks1928

trick or treat1928

stare-you-out1932

king of the mountain1933

dab cricket1938

Urkey1938

trick-or-treating1941

seven-up1950

squashed tomato1959

slot-racing1965

Pog1993

knights-

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > noughts and crosses

tit-tat-toe1856

oughts and crosses1861

noughts and crosses1864

X's and O's1894

tick-tack-toe1960

1818 Academician 19 May 91/1 Checkers, fox and geese, tit-tat-to, hop skip and jump, and a thousand other childish amusements.

1847 T. S. Millington Juvenile Excitem. To Young Rdrs. In rainy weather then, when ‘odd or even’, ‘tit-tat-toe’, ‘puss in the corner’, and all other indoor amusements amuse no longer.

1856 Train Jan. 56 The peculiarities of ‘tit, tat, to’; the desperate struggles to obtain a straight line of ‘oughts and crosses’.

1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases 164 Tit-tat-toe, the first game taught to children when they can use a slate pencil, the words ‘Tit-tat-toe, My first go’, being said by the one who first makes three crosses, or noughts in a row.

1909 Daily Chron. 22 July 7/1 Drawing to be diversified by noughts and crosses and ‘tit tat toe’.

1923 E. Gepp Essex Dial. Dict. (ed. 2) 116 Tit-tat-to, a child's game. A figure of concentric circles is numbered and dabbed at with shut eyes.

1961 New Scientist 9 Nov. 367 Noughts and Crosses (known in America as Tit-Tat-To).

2011 P. J. Perry Sticks & Stones 31 Tit-Tat-Toe... Draw a circle on the ground... Put a numeral in each segment.

2013 R. Seising in C. Moewes & A. Nürnberger Computational Intelligence in Intelligent Data Anal. ii. 131 Tit-Tat-Toe, today better known as Tic-Tac-Toe, was one of the games that scientists wanted to teach machines to play early on.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	tit-tat-toe
释义	tit-tat-toen. Brit. /ˌtɪtˌtatˈtəʊ/, U.S. /ˌtɪtˌtætˈtoʊ/ Forms: 1800s– tit-tat-to, 1800s– tit-tat-toe. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Origin uncertain, perhaps originally imitative of the sound of two short beats and a long one, reflecting the rhythm of a counting-out rhyme (compare tit-tat n.). Compare later tip-tap-toe n. at tip-tap n., and tick-tack-toe n. 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) (now chiefly U.S.) 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 nine squares; = noughts and crosses n. (cf. tick-tack-toe n. b, tip-tap-toe n. at tip-tap n.); (b) a game played on an (esp. circular) grid divided into numbered sections, in which players take turns at selecting sections at random and adding the numbers of the sections selected to their scores; = tick-tack-toe n. a. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > others buckle-pit1532 marrowbone1533 put-pin?1577 primus secundus1584 fox in the hole1585 haltering of Hick's mare1585 muss1591 pushpin1598 Jack-in-the-box1600 a penny in the forehead1602 buckerels1649 bumdockdousse1653 peck-point1653 toro1660 wheelbarrow1740 thread-needle1751 thrush-a-thrush1766 runaway ring?1790 Gregory1801 pick-point1801 fighting cocks1807 runaway knock1813 tit-tat-toe1818 French and English1820 honeypots1821 roly-poly1821 tickle-tail1821 pottle1822 King of Cantland1825 tip-top-castle1834 tile1837 statue1839 chip stone1843 hen and chickens1843 king of the castle1843 King Caesar1849 rap-jacket1870 old witch1881 tick-tack-toe1884 twos and threes1896 last across (the road)1904 step1909 king of the hill1928 Pooh-sticks1928 trick or treat1928 stare-you-out1932 king of the mountain1933 dab cricket1938 Urkey1938 trick-or-treating1941 seven-up1950 squashed tomato1959 slot-racing1965 Pog1993 knights- society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > children's game > other children's games > [noun] > noughts and crosses tit-tat-toe1856 oughts and crosses1861 noughts and crosses1864 X's and O's1894 tick-tack-toe1960 1818 Academician 19 May 91/1 Checkers, fox and geese, tit-tat-to, hop skip and jump, and a thousand other childish amusements. 1847 T. S. Millington Juvenile Excitem. To Young Rdrs. In rainy weather then, when ‘odd or even’, ‘tit-tat-toe’, ‘puss in the corner’, and all other indoor amusements amuse no longer. 1856 Train Jan. 56 The peculiarities of ‘tit, tat, to’; the desperate struggles to obtain a straight line of ‘oughts and crosses’. 1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases 164 Tit-tat-toe, the first game taught to children when they can use a slate pencil, the words ‘Tit-tat-toe, My first go’, being said by the one who first makes three crosses, or noughts in a row. 1909 Daily Chron. 22 July 7/1 Drawing to be diversified by noughts and crosses and ‘tit tat toe’. 1923 E. Gepp Essex Dial. Dict. (ed. 2) 116 Tit-tat-to, a child's game. A figure of concentric circles is numbered and dabbed at with shut eyes. 1961 New Scientist 9 Nov. 367 Noughts and Crosses (known in America as Tit-Tat-To). 2011 P. J. Perry Sticks & Stones 31 Tit-Tat-Toe... Draw a circle on the ground... Put a numeral in each segment. 2013 R. Seising in C. Moewes & A. Nürnberger Computational Intelligence in Intelligent Data Anal. ii. 131 Tit-Tat-Toe, today better known as Tic-Tac-Toe, was one of the games that scientists wanted to teach machines to play early on. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1818
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