tic-tac-toe
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See also: tic tac toe and Tic Tac Toe
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]The "c" in tic, tac, or both may be replaced with a "ck" or with a "t":
- tick-tack-toe; tick-tat-toe; tit-tat-toe, etc.
The phrase, or one of the above variations, may be presented without hyphens:
- tic tac toe; tick tat toe; tit tat toe, etc.
Etymology
[edit]Imitative; from tick-tack, used earlier to denote games in which the pieces made clicking sounds.[1]
Noun
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tic-tac-toe (uncountable)
- (games) A game in which two players take turns placing circles and crosses on a 3x3 grid and attempt to obtain three of the same symbols in a straight line.
Synonyms
[edit]- noughts and crosses or naughts and crosses (chiefly British)
- X's and O's (UK, Ireland)
- exie-osies (Northern Ireland)
Translations
[edit]game
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References
[edit]- ^ “tic-tac-toe”, in Oxford Learner's Dictionaries