noughts and crosses

noughts and crosses

Noun

Brit a game in which two players, one using a nought, the other a cross, alternately mark squares formed by two pairs of crossed lines, the winner being the first to get three of his or her symbols in a row

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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 spaces; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does tic-tac-toe, tick-tack-toe, ticktacktoe, ticktacktoo, tit-tat-toe board game - a game played on a specially designed board