tic-tac-toe
Pronunciation: /tɪktakˈtəʊ/
(also tick-tack-toe)
noun
- North American term for noughts and crosses.
Origin:
1960s: imitative; from tick-tack, used earlier to denote games in which the pieces made clicking sounds
tic-tac-toePronunciation: /tɪktakˈtəʊ/ (also tick-tack-toe) noun
Origin:1960s: imitative; from tick-tack, used earlier to denote games in which the pieces made clicking sounds |
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