"tic-tac-toe" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Imitative; from tick-tack, used earlier to denote games in which the pieces made clicking sounds. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} tic-tac-toe (uncountable)
  1. (games) 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. Wikipedia link: tic-tac-toe Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Games Synonyms: noughts and crosses, naughts and crosses [British], X's and O's [Ireland, UK], exie-osies [Northern-Ireland], tick-tack-toe, tick-tat-toe, tit-tat-toe, tic tac toe, tick tat toe, tit tat toe Translations (game): tres en ratlla [masculine] (Catalan), 井字棋 (jǐngzìqí) (Chinese Mandarin), 井字遊戲 [Taiwan] (Chinese Mandarin), 井字游戏 (jǐngzì yóuxì) (Chinese Mandarin), piškvorky [feminine, plural] (Czech), kruisje-rondje (Dutch), boter, kaas en eieren (Dutch), ikso kaj O (Esperanto), tri en vico (Esperanto), tiktakto (Esperanto), trips-traps-trull (Estonian), ristinolla (Finnish), jätkänsakki (Finnish), morpion [masculine] (French), tic-tac-toe [masculine] (French), oxo [Belgium] (French), Tic Tac Toe [neuter] (German), Dodelschach [neuter] (German), Drei gewinnt [neuter] (German), Kreis und Kreuz [neuter] (German), XXO [neuter] (German), τρίλιζα (tríliza) [feminine] (Greek), איקס-עיגול (iks 'igul) (Hebrew), amőba (Hungarian), filetto [masculine] (Italian), tris [masculine] (Italian), 三目並べ (sanmoku narabe) (alt: さんもくならべ) (Japanese), bondesjakk (Norwegian), tripp-trapp-tresko (Norwegian), kółko i krzyżyk (Polish), jogo do galo [masculine] (Portuguese), jogo da velha [masculine] (Portuguese), X și 0 (Romanian), кре́стики-но́лики (kréstiki-nóliki) [masculine, plural] (Russian), tres en raya [masculine] (Spanish), ta-te-ti [masculine] (Spanish), gato [Mexico, masculine] (Spanish), luffarschack (note: see usage notes) [neuter] (Swedish), tre i rad [neuter] (Swedish), tripp trapp trull (Swedish), xox oyunu (Turkish)

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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "game",
      "word": "tripp trapp trull"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "game",
      "word": "xox oyunu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tic-tac-toe"
}
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  "msg": "more than one value in \"roman\": X-Circle vs. iks 'igul",
  "path": [
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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