Dictionary

tic-tac-toe en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (uncountable) 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.

Forms

Descendants

Tic-Tac-Toe · 틱택토 · tic-tac-toe

Synonyms

naughts and crosses · exie-osies · X's and O's · zeroes and crosses · noughts and crosses · X-O · X O · zero cross

Translations (47)

ca tres en ratlla (game) · de Drei gewinnt (game) · ja 三目並べ (game) · pt jogo do galo (game) · eo tiktakto (game) · fr tic-tac-toe (game) · cmn 井字遊戲 /井字游戏 (game) · fr morpion (game) · es tatetí (game) · es ceritos (game) · eo tri en vico (game) · ru кре́стики-но́лики (game) · es ta-te-ti (game) · id silang-bulat-silang (game) · de Dodelschach (game) · pt jogo da velha (game) · es tres en raya (game) · fi ristinolla (game) · pl kółko i krzyżyk (game) · hu amőba (game) · nl boter, kaas en eieren (game) · sv tripp trapp trull (game) · es triqui (game) · eo ikso kaj O (game) · de Tic Tac Toe (game) · nl kruisje-rondje (game) · sv luffarschack (game) · no bondesjakk (game) · it tris (game) · de XXO (game) · es michi (game) · cmn 井字棋 (game) · es triquis (game) · es gato (game) · he איקס־עיגול (game) · tr xox oyunu (game) · sv tre i rad (game) · it filetto (game) · el τρίλιζα (game) · ko 틱택토 (game) · cs piškvorky (game) · ro X și 0 (game) · de Kreis und Kreuz (game) · fi jätkänsakki (game) · fr oxo (game) · no tripp-trapp-tresko (game) · et trips-traps-trull (game)