TIC-TAC-TOE


Meaning of TIC-TAC-TOE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

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 marked with numbers and scored the number hit

Date: circa 1866

: a game in which two players alternately put Xs and Os in compartments of a figure formed by two vertical lines crossing two horizontal lines and each tries to get a row of three Xs or three Os before the opponent does

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.