tic-tac-toe ,
tick-tack-toe /ˌtɪk tæk ˈtəʊ $ -ˈtoʊ/
noun [uncountable] American English[
Date: 1900-2000;
Origin: tic-tac-toe 'game played by hitting a pencil sharply against numbered squares' (1800-1900); from the sound of play]
a children’s game in which two players draw X’s or O’s in a pattern of nine squares, trying to get three in a row
Synonym : noughts and crosses British English [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲