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单词 tic-tac-toe
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Definition of tic-tac-toe in English:

tic-tac-toe

(also tick-tack-toe)
nountɪktakˈtəʊˌtɪkˌtækˈtoʊ
  • A game in which two players seek in alternate turns to complete a row, a column, or a diagonal with either three O's or three X's drawn in the spaces of a grid of nine squares; noughts and crosses.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • My parents listened to Oldies the whole time, and I was stuck playing tic-tac-toe with my younger sister.
    • He suggests that just as a computer can play tic-tac-toe as well as calculate a company's payroll, the brain could have been designed for one thing and used for other things.
    • Anyway, we played tic-tac-toe during the sermon.
    • As in tic-tac-toe, when you and your opponent play perfectly, the game always ends in a draw.
    • To that end, he's been known to get rabid over games of four-square, and even argue over the results of tic-tac-toe.
    • How I missed those days climbing up the scorching hot cement slide and playing tic-tac-toe on the sand.
    • Use washable window markers to make colorful creations that even passers-by can enjoy, or to play endless, paper-free games like tic-tac-toe and hangman.
    • Stock up on a few super-cheap magnetic games (i.e., tic-tac-toe, checkers, etc.) at the local dollar store or at gift shops along the way.
    • So, is the universe to us a game of tic-tac-toe or a game of chess?
    • I drew a smiley face, played tic-tac-toe with myself, drew another smiley face, scribbled all over it and finally, I wiped the ink off the plastic table.
    • ‘Now I can play tic-tac-toe in the sand instead of on my notes,’ I agreed.
    • I also don't see myself using a napkin at the bar to start a game of tic-tac-toe with the guy I want to meet.
    • We started playing tic-tac-toe on napkins.
    • At the Broiler the kids colored and played tic-tac-toe while the parents chatted.
    • That task, however, proved only a tad less difficult than playing three-dimensional tick-tack-toe.
    • Othello, a cross between checkers and tic-tac-toe, is a popular game.
    • Consider the problem, ‘How can I win the game of tick-tack-toe?’
    • Wes and Raine walked up to their classroom, still playing tic-tac-toe.
    • A kid, about the same age as Chain, looked up from the floor, obviously playing tic-tac-toe with a smaller girl.
    • I tried to play tic-tac-toe, but lost interest after beating myself four times.

Origin

1960s: imitative; from tick-tack, used earlier to denote games in which the pieces made clicking sounds.

Rhymes

aglow, ago, alow, although, apropos, art nouveau, Bamako, Bardot, beau, Beaujolais Nouveau, below, bestow, blow, bo, Boileau, bons mots, Bordeaux, Bow, bravo, bro, cachepot, cheerio, Coe, crow, Defoe, de trop, doe, doh, dos-à-dos, do-si-do, dough, dzo, Flo, floe, flow, foe, foreknow, foreshow, forgo, Foucault, froe, glow, go, good-oh, go-slow, grow, gung-ho, Heathrow, heave-ho, heigh-ho, hello, ho, hoe, ho-ho, jo, Joe, kayo, know, lo, low, maillot, malapropos, Marceau, mho, Miró, mo, Mohs, Monroe, mot, mow, Munro, no, Noh, no-show, oh, oho, outgo, outgrow, owe, Perrault, pho, po, Poe, pro, quid pro quo, reshow, righto, roe, Rouault, row, Rowe, sew, shew, show, sloe, slow, snow, so, soh, sow, status quo, stow, Stowe, strow, tally-ho, though, throw, to-and-fro, toe, touch-and-go, tow, trow, undergo, undersow, voe, whacko, whoa, wo, woe, Xuzhou, yo, yo-ho-ho, Zhengzhou, Zhou
 
 

Definition of tic-tac-toe in US English:

tic-tac-toe

(also tick-tack-toe)
nounˌtikˌtakˈtōˌtɪkˌtækˈtoʊ
  • A game in which two players seek in alternate turns to complete a row, a column, or a diagonal with either three O's or three X's drawn in the spaces of a grid of nine squares.

    British term noughts and crosses
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A kid, about the same age as Chain, looked up from the floor, obviously playing tic-tac-toe with a smaller girl.
    • ‘Now I can play tic-tac-toe in the sand instead of on my notes,’ I agreed.
    • He suggests that just as a computer can play tic-tac-toe as well as calculate a company's payroll, the brain could have been designed for one thing and used for other things.
    • As in tic-tac-toe, when you and your opponent play perfectly, the game always ends in a draw.
    • I drew a smiley face, played tic-tac-toe with myself, drew another smiley face, scribbled all over it and finally, I wiped the ink off the plastic table.
    • I also don't see myself using a napkin at the bar to start a game of tic-tac-toe with the guy I want to meet.
    • So, is the universe to us a game of tic-tac-toe or a game of chess?
    • That task, however, proved only a tad less difficult than playing three-dimensional tick-tack-toe.
    • We started playing tic-tac-toe on napkins.
    • Othello, a cross between checkers and tic-tac-toe, is a popular game.
    • My parents listened to Oldies the whole time, and I was stuck playing tic-tac-toe with my younger sister.
    • Wes and Raine walked up to their classroom, still playing tic-tac-toe.
    • How I missed those days climbing up the scorching hot cement slide and playing tic-tac-toe on the sand.
    • Consider the problem, ‘How can I win the game of tick-tack-toe?’
    • Use washable window markers to make colorful creations that even passers-by can enjoy, or to play endless, paper-free games like tic-tac-toe and hangman.
    • Anyway, we played tic-tac-toe during the sermon.
    • To that end, he's been known to get rabid over games of four-square, and even argue over the results of tic-tac-toe.
    • At the Broiler the kids colored and played tic-tac-toe while the parents chatted.
    • I tried to play tic-tac-toe, but lost interest after beating myself four times.
    • Stock up on a few super-cheap magnetic games (i.e., tic-tac-toe, checkers, etc.) at the local dollar store or at gift shops along the way.

Origin

1960s: imitative; from tick-tack, used earlier to denote games in which the pieces made clicking sounds.

 
 
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