tic-tac-toe

See also: tic tac toe and Tic Tac Toe

English

Alternative forms

The "c" in tic, tac, or both may be replaced with a "ck" or with a "t":

• tick-tack-toe; tick-tat-toe; tit-tat-toe, etc.

The phrase, or one of the above variations, may be presented without hyphens:

• tic tac toe; tick tat toe; tit tat toe, etc.

Etymology

Imitative; from tick-tack, used earlier to denote games in which the pieces made clicking sounds.

Noun

A completed game of tic tac toe, in which the person playing "O" has won.

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.

Synonyms

• noughts and crosses or naughts and crosses (chiefly British)
• X's and O's (UK, Ireland)
• exie-osies (Northern Ireland)

Translations

game

• Catalan: tres en ratlla m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 井字棋 (jǐngzìqí), (Taiwan) 井字遊戲／井字游戏 (jǐngzì yóuxì)

• Czech: piškvorky (cs) f pl
• Dutch: kruisje-rondje, boter, kaas en eieren
• Esperanto: ikso kaj O, tri en vico, tiktakto
• Estonian: trips-traps-trull
• Finnish: ristinolla (fi), jätkänsakki
• French: morpion (fr) m, tic-tac-toe (fr) m, oxo (fr) (Belgium)
• German: Tic Tac Toe n, Dodelschach n, Drei gewinnt n, Kreis und Kreuz n, XXO n
• Greek: τρίλιζα (el) f (tríliza)
• Hebrew: איקס-עיגול‎ (iks 'igul) (X-Circle)
• Hungarian: amőba (hu)
• Italian: filetto (it) m, tris (it) m
• Japanese: 三目並べ (さんもくならべ, sanmoku narabe)
• Norwegian: bondesjakk, tripp-trapp-tresko
• Polish: kółko i krzyżyk (pl)
• Portuguese: jogo do galo m, jogo da velha m
• Romanian: X și 0
• Russian: кре́стики-но́лики (ru) m pl (kréstiki-nóliki)
• Spanish: tres en raya (es) m, ta-te-ti m, (Mexico) gato (es) m
• Swedish: luffarschack (sv) n (see usage notes), tre i rad n, tripp trapp trull