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noughts and crosses

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noughts and crosses
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(Group Games / Games, other than specified) (functioning as singular) 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 US and Canadian term tick-tack-toe (US) crisscross
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Noun1.noughts and crosses - a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a square grid of nine spacesnoughts and crosses - 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
board game - a game played on a specially designed board
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noughts and crosses nsg (Brit) → tris (giocata segnando "x" e "o" su un quadrato con 9 caselle)


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Byline: DAVID ANDERSON WHILE fellow holidaymakers at his Spanish mountain retreat amuse themselves doing crosswords or sudoku, Rafa Benitez has been playing his own version of noughts and crosses.
RACHEL LATTY Noughts and Crosses by Malorie Blackman Corgi pounds 5.
THE BBC test card featuring a girl playing noughts and crosses with a toy clown has made a return to the nation's screens.
 
 
 
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