| 释义 |
tick·tack·toe
\|tikˌtak|tō\ noun
also tick·tack·too \-ak|tü\; or tic-tac-toe \-ak|tō\; also tit-tat-toe \|ti(t)ˌta-\
(-s)
Etymology: from tic-tac-toe game formerly played in which the players with the eyes shut brought a pencil down on a slate marked with numbers and scored the number hit, from tictac + toe
: a game in which two players alternately put crosses and ciphers in compartments of a figure formed by two vertical lines crossing two horizontal lines and try to get a row of three crosses or three ciphers before the opponent does — called also noughts-and-crosses |