noughts-and-crosses
1noughts and crosses — ► noughts and crosses a game in which two players seek to complete a row of either three noughts or three crosses drawn alternately in the spaces of a grid of nine squares. Main Entry: ↑nought …
2noughts and crosses — n [U] BrE a game in which two players write 0 or X in a pattern of nine squares, trying to win with a row of three 0s or three Xs American Equivalent: tick tack toe …
3noughts and crosses — noun uncount BRITISH the game of TICK TACK TOE …
4noughts and crosses — noun 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 • Syn: ↑ticktacktoe,… …
5noughts-and-crosses — /nɔts ən ˈkrɒsəz/ (say nawts uhn krosuhz) plural noun (construed as singular) a commonly played children s game in which two players set down alternately, in the nine compartments of a figure made of crossed lines, the one a cross, and the other… …
6noughts and crosses — plural noun Brit. a game in which two players seek to complete a row of either three noughts or three crosses drawn alternately in the spaces of a grid of nine squares …
7noughts and crosses — (British) tic tac toe, X s and O s …
8noughts-and-crosses — /nawts euhn kraw siz, kros iz/, n. (used with a sing. v.) Brit. tick tack toe (def. 1). [1890 95] * * * …
9noughts and crosses — noun A two player game played on a three by three grid, in which players take it in turns to play their respective symbol (either a nought or a cross) in a cell of the grid, the objective being to form a row, column or diagonal of three of ones… …
10noughts and crosses — British name for tic tac toe …
