tick-tack-toe

or tick-tack-too tic-tac-toe, tit-tat-toe

[ tik-tak-toh ]

/ ˌtɪk tækˈtoʊ /

noun

a 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.

a 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.

Origin of tick-tack-toe

1865–70; imitative of sound, as of bringing a pencil down on slate; see ticktack

Words nearby tick-tack-toe

tick off, tick over, tick paralysis, tickseed, ticktack, tick-tack-toe, ticktock, tick trefoil, tick typhus, ticky-tacky, Ticlid

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British Dictionary definitions for tick-tack-toe

tick-tack-toe

tick-tack-too (ˌtɪktækˈtuː)

/ (ˌtɪktækˈtəʊ) /

noun

US and Canadian a game in which two players, one using a nought, "O", the other a cross, "X", alternately mark one square out of nine formed by two pairs of crossed lines, the winner being the first to get three of his symbols in a rowAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): noughts and crosses

Word Origin for tick-tack-toe

C19: from ticktack (meaning: an obsolete variety of backgammon)

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单词	tick-tack-toe
释义	tick-tack-toe or tick-tack-too tic-tac-toe, tit-tat-toe [ tik-tak-toh ] / ˌtɪk tækˈtoʊ / noun a 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. a 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. Origin of tick-tack-toe 1865–70; imitative of sound, as of bringing a pencil down on slate; see ticktack Words nearby tick-tack-toe tick off, tick over, tick paralysis, tickseed, ticktack, tick-tack-toe, ticktock, tick trefoil, tick typhus, ticky-tacky, Ticlid Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for tick-tack-toe tick-tack-toe tick-tack-too (ˌtɪktækˈtuː) / (ˌtɪktækˈtəʊ) / noun US and Canadian a game in which two players, one using a nought, "O", the other a cross, "X", alternately mark one square out of nine formed by two pairs of crossed lines, the winner being the first to get three of his symbols in a rowAlso called (in Britain and certain other countries): noughts and crosses Word Origin for tick-tack-toe C19: from ticktack (meaning: an obsolete variety of backgammon) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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