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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ticktacktoe::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | noughts and crosses, tic-tac-toe, tick-tack-toe, ticktacktoo, tit-tat-toe |
| Type of | board game |
Examples of ticktacktoe
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In the ticktacktoe game, the set may sneer, flashing a sign-off YOU LOSE TURKEY.
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The teachers sat at children's low tables, huddling in their overcoats, idling away the day in games of ticktacktoe.
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Life for Charlock is reduced to a finite game that, like ticktacktoe, is impossible to lose once the rules have been learned.
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Upon this official sheet, dated May 22,1971, are recorded two games of ticktacktoe between Ehrlichman and the Secretary of State.
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By TIME's count, there are already more than 50 different varieties of video contests available, from tennis to tank warfare to ticktacktoe.
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- 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
- Tic-tac-toe, also spelled tick tack toe, or noughts and crosses as it is known in the UK, Australia, New Zealand, is a pencil-and-paper game for two players, O and X, who take turns marking the spaces in a 3×3 grid, usually X going first. ...
