noun
a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does
• Syn: ↑ticktacktoo, ↑tick-tack-toe, ↑tic-tac-toe, ↑tit-tat-toe, ↑noughts and crosses
• Hypernyms: ↑board game
Useful english dictionary. 2012.