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.
- synonyms: ticktacktoe, ticktacktoo, tick-tack-toe, tic-tac-toe, tit-tat-toe
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