Complete Definition of "tic-tac-toe"

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Alternative spellings
The "c" in tic, tac, or both may be replaced with a "ck" or with a "t":
tick-tack-toe; tick-tat-toe; tit-tat-toe, etc.
The phrase, or one of the above variations, may be presented without hyphens:
tic tac toe; tick tat toe; tit tat toe, etc.

Noun
Image:tic tac toe.svg|thumb|right|150px|A completed game of tic tac toe, in which the person playing "O" has won.
tic-tac-toe

  1. a game in which two players take turns putting circles and crosses on a 3x3 grid and try to get three of the same symbols in a line

Synonyms
noughts and crosses or naughts and crosses (mostly British)
X's and O's (English - Ireland)
X-e O-zees (Northern Ireland)
Boxin' OXen (Southern Ireland)
Twiddles & Bears (Norway)

Translations
Spanish t|es|tres en raya m

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