noughts and crosses
n
(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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| Noun | 1. |  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 doesboard game - a game played on a specially designed board |
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