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Meanings of tick-tack-toe in English

Portuguese
jogo-da-velha
Catalan
tres en ratlla
Spanish
tres en línea
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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.

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jogo-da-velha
Usage of tick-tack-toe in English
1
We may be seen that way, but there's no use spending any more time here playing tick-tack-toe on that wood up there.
Ralestone Luck
2
When it rained, the children scurried to fasten the side curtains and then huddled together to keep warm while they played tick-tack-toe or guessing games.
Across the Fruited Plain
3
Oh he was not going to continue this game of Tick-Tack-Toe nor he was not going to let me ruin his big Exit either.
Further adventures
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