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tic-tac-toe

Syllabification: (tic-tac-toe)
Pronunciation: /ˈtik ˌtak ˈtō/

(also tick-tack-toe)
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Definition of tic-tac-toe

noun

  • a game in which two players seek in alternate turns to complete a row, a column, or a diagonal with either three O’s or three X’s drawn in the spaces of a grid of nine squares.

Origin:

imitative; from tick-tack, used earlier to denote games in which the pieces made clicking sounds

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