Tick-tack-toe (Noun)
Meaning
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- I was a child prodigy and beat my grandfather at tick-tack-toe by the time I was six years old.
- My brother and I spent hours playing tick-tack-toe on the beach with seashells and pebbles.
- She is an expert at tick-tack-toe and can beat anyone who challenges her.
- We drew a tick-tack-toe grid on the chalkboard and played during recess.
- I love playing tick-tack-toe on my phone when I'm on a long commute to work.