English noun: noughts and crosses | |||
1. | noughts and crosses (act) 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 | ||
Synonyms | tic-tac-toe, tick-tack-toe, ticktacktoe, ticktacktoo, tit-tat-toe | ||
Broader (hypernym) | board game | ||