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TIT-TAT-TOE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tit-tat-toe mean? 

TIT-TAT-TOE (noun)
  The noun TIT-TAT-TOE has 1 sense:

1. 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 doesplay

  Familiarity information: TIT-TAT-TOE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TIT-TAT-TOE (noun)


Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

noughts and crosses; tic-tac-toe; tick-tack-toe; ticktacktoe; ticktacktoo; tit-tat-toe

Hypernyms ("tit-tat-toe" is a kind of...):

board game (a game played on a specially designed board)


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