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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024tick-tack-toe or tic-tac-toe /ˌtɪktækˈtoʊ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Gamesa simple game played on a grid with nine squares, in which one player marks X's and one marks O's.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tick-tack-toe (tik′tak tō′),USA pronunciation n. - Gamesa simple game in which one player marks down only X's and another only O's, each alternating in filling in any of the nine compartments of a figure formed by two vertical lines crossed by two horizontal lines, the winner being the first to fill in three marks in any horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row.
- Gamesa children's game consisting of trying, with the eyes shut, to bring a pencil down upon one of a set of circled numbers, as on a slate, the number touched being counted as a score.
Also, tick-tack-too (tik′tak to̅o̅′),USA pronunciation tic-tac-toe, tit-tat-toe. - 1865–70; imitative of sound, as of bringing a pencil down on slate; see ticktack
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