TIC-TAC-TOE

Meaning of TIC-TAC-TOE in English

(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.

Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

TIC-TAC-TOE — or tick-tack-toe noun Etymology: ~, former game in which players with eyes shut brought a pencil down on a slate …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TIC-TAC-TOE — noun see ticktacktoe
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIC-TAC-TOE — /tik'tak toh"/ , n. tick-tack-toe.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TIC-TAC-TOE — or tick-tack-toe ˌtik-ˌtak-ˈtō Etymology: tic-tac-toe, former game in which players with eyes shut brought a pencil down on a slate …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TIC-TAC-TOE — Variant: or tick-tack-toe Pronunciation: ˌ tik- ˌ tak- ' t ō Function: noun Etymology: tic-tac-toe, former game in which players …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TIC-TAC-TOE — (also tick-tack-toe ) / ˌtɪk tæk ˈtəʊ; NAmE ˈtoʊ/ noun [ U ] ( NAmE ) = noughts and crosses …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIC-TAC-TOE — tic-tac-toe BrE AmE , tick-tack-toe /ˌtɪk tæk ˈtəʊ $ -ˈtoʊ/ noun [uncountable] American English [ Date: 1900-2000 ; Origin: tic-tac-toe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TIC TAC TOE — Naughts and Crosses
Американский английский - American English vocab
TIC-TAC-TOE — крестики-нолики - tic-tac-toe game крестики и нолики (игра)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TIC-TAC-TOE — Крестики-нолики
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
TIC-TAC-TOE — = tick-tack-toe
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TIC-TAC-TOE — крестики-нолики
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
TIC TAC TOE — (n) крестики и нолики
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TIC-TAC-TOE — = tick-tack-toe
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TIC-TAC-TOE — = tick-tack-toe
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TIC-TAC-TOE — крестики-нолики - tic-tac-toe game крестики и нолики (игра)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TIC — [F] n [Med.] tic, twitching -tic- see tacer
Interlingua English vocab
TIC — noun Etymology: French Date: circa 1834 local and habitual spasmodic motion of par~ular muscles especially of the face ; twitching, …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TAC — abbreviation Tactical Air Command
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TIC — Sudden rapid, recurring muscle contraction usually a blink, sniff, twitch, or shrug always brief, irresistible, and localized. Frequency decreases from …
Английский словарь Британика
TOE — I. ˈtō noun ( -s ) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English ta, to, too, from Old English tā; akin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TIC — I. ˈtik noun ( -s ) Etymology: French 1. : a convulsive motion of some muscles especially of the face …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TAC — abbreviation tactical
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOE — (n.) Anything, or any part, corresponding to the toe of the foot; as, the toe of a boot; the toe …
Английский словарь Webster
TIC — (n.) A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles; especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of …
Английский словарь Webster
TAC — (n.) A kind of customary payment by a tenant; -- a word used in old records.
Английский словарь Webster
TOE — ( n. ) Anything, or any part, corresponding to the toe of the foot; as, the toe of a boot; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TIC — ( n. ) A local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles; especially, such a motion of some of the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TAC — ( n. ) A kind of customary payment by a tenant; -- a word used in old records.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOE — — toeless , adj. — toelike , adj. /toh/ , n. , v. , toed, toeing . n. 1. one …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TIC — /tik/ , n. 1. Pathol. a. a sudden, spasmodic, painless, involuntary muscular contraction, as of the face. b. See tic …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TIC — n. involuntary twitch of the facial muscles, facial twitch
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TOE — I. ˈtō noun Etymology: Middle English to, from Old English tā; akin to Old High German zēha toe Date: before …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TIC — noun Etymology: French Date: circa 1834 1. : local and habitual spasmodic motion of particular muscles especially of the face …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TAC — Tactical Air Command
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOE — vi to hold or carry the toes (in a certain way). 2. toe ·noun the fore part of the hoof …
Webster English vocab
TIC — noun a local and habitual convulsive motion of certain muscles; especially, such a motion of some of the muscles of …
Webster English vocab
TAC — noun a kind of customary payment by a tenant; a word used in old records.
Webster English vocab
TIC — ■ noun a habitual spasmodic contraction of the muscles, most often in the face. Origin C19: from Fr., from Ital. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TOE — [toe] n [ME to, fr. OE ta; akin to OHG zeha toe] (bef. 12c) 1 a (1): one of the …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TIC — [tic] n [F] (ca. 1834) 1: local and habitual spasmodic motion of particular muscles esp. of the face: twitching 2: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TAC — [TAC] abbreviation Tactical Air Command
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TIC — (from the 17th-century French tic or ticq, a twitching), a sudden rapid, recurring contraction in a muscle or group of …
Britannica English vocabulary
TOE — toe BrE AmE təʊ AmE toʊ ▷ toed təʊd AmE toʊd ▷ toeing ˈtəʊ ɪŋ AmE ˈtoʊ ɪŋ ▷ toes …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TIC — tic BrE AmE tɪk (= tick) ▷ tics tɪks ▶ ˌ tic ˌ doulou ˈ reux ˌduːl ə ˈrɜː AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TOE — / təʊ; NAmE toʊ/ noun , verb ■ noun 1. one of the five small parts that stick out from …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TIC — / tɪk; NAmE / noun a sudden quick movement of a muscle, especially in your face or head, that you …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOE — I. toe 1 S3 /təʊ $ toʊ/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Language: Old English ; Origin: ta ] 1 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TIC — tic /tɪk/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Language: French ] a sudden movement of a muscle in …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOE — n. & v. --n. 1 any of the five terminal projections of the foot. 2 the corresponding part of an …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TIC — n. a habitual spasmodic contraction of the muscles esp. of the face. øtic douloureux trigeminal neuralgia. [F f. It. ticchio: …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TOE — n. & v. n. 1 any of the five terminal projections of the foot. 2 the corresponding part of an …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TIC — n. a habitual spasmodic contraction of the muscles esp. of the face. tic douloureux trigeminal neuralgia. [ F f. It. …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TOE — n. & v. --n. 1. any of the five terminal projections of the foot. 2 the corresponding part of an …
Oxford English vocab
TIC — n. a habitual spasmodic contraction of the muscles esp. of the face. Phrases and idioms: tic douloureux trigeminal neuralgia. Etymology: …
Oxford English vocab
TIC — ( tics) If someone has a tic , a part of their face or body keeps making a small uncontrollable …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES big toe follow/toe the party line (= to support the official opinion ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TIC — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE nervous ▪ The nervous tic went into overdrive. ▪ Constant mulling had left Father …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TOE — (BODY PART) [noun] [C] - any of the five movable jointed parts at the end of the footIt looks like …
Cambridge English vocab
TOE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ big ▪ The shoe pressed painfully against her big ~. ▪ little , pinky ( AmE ) …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
TAC — 1. Translator Assembler-Compiler. For Philco 2000 . 2. Terminal Access Controller .
FOLDOC Computer English Dictionary
TAC — Terminal Access Controller
Computer Acronyms English vocab
TOE — See brake shoe toe , heel and toe , toe control link , toe-in , toe-out , toe-out on turns …
English Dictionary of Automotive Terms

Concise Oxford English vocab

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