tic-tac-toe
noun/ˌtɪk tæk ˈtəʊ/
/ˌtɪk tæk ˈtəʊ/
(also tick-tack-toe)
(North American English) (British English noughts and crosses)
[uncountable]- a simple game in which two players take turns to write Os or Xs in a set of nine squares. The first player to complete a row of three Os or three Xs is the winner.Topics Games and toysc2Word Origin1960s: imitative; from tick-tack, used earlier to denote games in which the pieces made clicking sounds.
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