tic-tac-toe

Alternative forms
The "c" in tic, tac, or both may be replaced with a "ck" or with a "t": The phrase, or one of the above variations, may be presented without hyphens:
 * ; tick-tat-toe; tit-tat-toe, etc.
 * ; tick tat toe; tit tat toe, etc.

Etymology
Imitative; from tick-tack, used earlier to denote games in which the pieces made clicking sounds.

Noun



 * 1)  A game in which two players take turns placing circles and crosses on a 3x3 grid and attempt to obtain three of the same symbols in a straight line.

Synonyms

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Translations

 * Catalan: tres en ratlla
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 井字遊戲
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: kruisje-rondje, boter, kaas en eieren
 * Esperanto: ikso kaj O, tri en vico, tiktakto
 * Estonian: trips-traps-trull
 * Finnish:, jätkänsakki
 * French:, ,
 * German: Tic Tac Toe, Dodelschach, Drei gewinnt, Kreis und Kreuz, XXO
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: איקס-עיגול
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 틱택토
 * Norwegian: bondesjakk, tripp-trapp-tresko
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: jogo do galo, jogo da velha
 * Romanian: X și 0
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:, ta-te-ti,
 * Swedish:, tre i rad, tripp trapp trull
 * Turkish: xox oyunu