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 does
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noughts and crosses::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | tic-tac-toe, tick-tack-toe, ticktacktoe, ticktacktoo, tit-tat-toe |
| Type of | board game |
Examples of noughts and crosses
noughts and crosses
The trick to styling a noughts and crosses check is not to treat it too reverentially.
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Noughts and crosses is a game everyone can play, while chess is for the elite, you see?
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All around, Niger Tuareg played noughts-and-crosses in the sand.
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Chess, horse racing, formula 1, noughts and crosses, etc.
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Otherwise known as noughts and crosses.
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Another round of noughts and crosses, Mr Bond?
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Compare chess with noughts and crosses.
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More complex computational tasks than noughts and crosses could be tackled with different arrangements of the enzymes.
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What you see today used to be called a windowpane check, but in honour of the checkerboard craze, I'm rechristening it the noughts and crosses check.
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