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tækˈtoʊ noun
1.
a simple game in which one player marks down only X's and another only O's, each alternating in filling in any of the nine compartments of a figure formed by two vertical lines crossed by two horizontal lines, the winner being the first to fill in three marks in any horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row.
2.
a children's game consisting of trying, with the eyes shut, to bring a pencil down upon one of a set of circled numbers, as on a slate, the number touched being counted as a score.
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tick-tack-toe or tick-tack-too (ˌtɪktækˈtəʊ, ˌtɪktækˈtuː) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| (US), (Canadian) Also called (in Britain and certain other countries): noughts and crosses a game in which two players, one using a nought, "O", the other a cross, "X", alternately mark one square out of nine formed by two pairs of crossed lines, the winner being the first to get three of his symbols in a row | |
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| tick-tack-too or tick-tack-too | |
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Tick-tack-toe
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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Word Origin & History
tick-tack-toe
1884, probably an extension of tick-tack (1588), a form of backgammon, possibly from M.Fr. trictrac, perhaps imitative of the sound of tiles on the board.
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