tic-tac-toe
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tic-tac-toe
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Imitative; from tick-tack, used earlier to denote games in which the pieces made clicking sounds.
noun tick-tack-toe · tick-tat-toe · tit-tat-toe · tic tac toe · tick tat toe · tit tat toe
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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.
Similar: noughts and crosses, naughts and crosses, X's and O's, exie-osies, zeroes and crosses, zero cross, X O, X-O
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noun game
| Español | tres en raya, ta-te-ti, gato, michi, tatetí, ceritos |
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| 한국어 | 틱택토 tiktaekto |
| 日本語 | 三目並べ sanmoku narabe |
| 中文 | 井字棋 jǐngzìqí |
| Português | jogo do galo, jogo da velha |
| Français | morpion, tic-tac-toe, oxo |
| Deutsch | Tic Tac Toe, Dodelschach, Drei gewinnt, Kreis und Kreuz, XXO |
| Italiano | filetto, tris |
| Ελληνικά | τρίλιζα tríliza |
| Română | X și 0 |
| Русский | кре́стики-но́лики kréstiki-nóliki |
| עברית | איקס־עיגול iks 'igul |
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