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tick-tack-toe
tick-tack-toe also tick·tack·toe T0205400 (tĭk′tăk′tō′)n. Variants of tic-tac-toe.tick-tack-toe (ˌtɪktækˈtəʊ) or tick-tack-toon (Games, other than specified) US and Canadian a game in which two players, one using a nought, "O", the other a cross, "X", alternately mark one square out of nine formed by two pairs of crossed lines, the winner being the first to get three of his symbols in a row. Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): noughts and crosses [C19: from ticktack (meaning: an obsolete variety of backgammon)]tick-tack-toe or tic-tac-toe (ˌtɪk tækˈtoʊ)
n. a simple game, played on a grid with nine compartments, in which one player marking X's and one marking O's take turns filling the grid until one has placed three markers in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row. [1865–70; imitative of sound, as of bringing a pencil down on slate; see ticktack] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  tick-tack-toe - a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent doesnoughts and crosses, ticktacktoe, ticktacktoo, tic-tac-toe, tit-tat-toeboard game - a game played on a specially designed board |
EncyclopediaSeenoughts and crossestick-tack-toe
Synonyms for tick-tack-toenoun a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spacesSynonyms- noughts and crosses
- ticktacktoe
- ticktacktoo
- tic-tac-toe
- tit-tat-toe
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