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Meaning of "tick-tack-toe" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TICK-TACK-TOE

From ticktack (meaning: an obsolete variety of backgammon).
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF TICK-TACK-TOE

tick-tack-toe  [ˌtɪktækˈtəʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TICK-TACK-TOE

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conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Tick-Tack-Toe is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TICK-TACK-TOE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Tic-tac-toe

Tic-tac-toe is a paper-and-pencil game for two players, X and O, who take turns marking the spaces in a 3×3 grid. The player who succeeds in placing three respective marks in a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal row wins the game. The following example game is won by the first player, X: Players soon discover that best play from both parties leads to a draw. Hence, Tic-tac-toe is most often played by young children. The simplicity of Tic-tac-toe makes it ideal as a pedagogical tool for teaching the concepts of good sportsmanship and the branch of artificial intelligence that deals with the searching of game trees. It is straightforward to write a computer program to play Tic-tac-toe perfectly, to enumerate the 765 essentially different positions, or the 26,830 possible games up to rotations and reflections on this space. The game can be generalized to an m,n,k-game in which two players alternate placing stones of their own color on an m×n board, with the goal of getting k of their own color in a row. Tic-tac-toe is the -game.

Definition of tick-tack-toe in the English dictionary

The definition of tick-tack-toe in the dictionary is a game in which two players, one using a nought, "O", the other a cross, "X", alternately mark one square out of nine formed by two pairs of crossed lines, the winner being the first to get three of his symbols in a row Also called : noughts and crosses.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TICK-TACK-TOE


alto
ˈæltəʊ
auto
ˈɔːtəʊ
bateau
bæˈtəʊ
conjunto
kɒnˈdʒʊntəʊ
couteau
kuːˈtəʊ
dato
ˈdɑːtəʊ
gusto
ˈɡʌstəʊ
junto
ˈdʒʊntəʊ
molto
ˈmɒltəʊ
photo
ˈfəʊtəʊ
pronto
ˈprɒntəʊ
punto
ˈpʊntəʊ
Quito
ˈkiːtəʊ
resto
ˈrɛstəʊ
santo
ˈsɑːntəʊ
tanto
ˈtæntəʊ
tic-tac-toe
ˌtɪktækˈtəʊ
toe
təʊ
top-to-toe
ˌtɒptəˈtəʊ
Toronto
təˈrɒntəʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TICK-TACK-TOE

tick
tick all the boxes
tick box
tick fever
tick off
tick over
tick trefoil
tick-bird
tick-borne typhus
tick-over
tick-tack-too
ticker
ticker tape
ticker-tape reception
ticket
ticket agency
ticket agent
ticket barrier
ticket booth
ticket collector

WORDS THAT END LIKE TICK-TACK-TOE

big toe
camel toe
hammertoe
heel-and-toe
little toe
mistletoe
on tiptoe
peeptoe
Sillitoe
tippy-toe
tiptoe
toe-to-toe
toetoe

Synonyms and antonyms of tick-tack-toe in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «tick-tack-toe» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF TICK-TACK-TOE

Find out the translation of tick-tack-toe to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of tick-tack-toe from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «tick-tack-toe» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

蜱粘性脚趾
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tic-tac -toe
570 millions of speakers

English

tick-tack-toe
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

टिक हमले पैर की अंगुली
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القراد تك أخمص القدمين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

тик -нолики
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

tick -tack -toe
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

টিক্ট্যাক্ টু খেলা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tic-tac -toe
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tick-tack-toe
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Tick ​​- tack-toe
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

チックタックつま先
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

진드기 압정 발가락
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tick-tack-toe
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đánh dấu dính ngón chân
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

டிக்-பிசுப்பு கால்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टिक-फेट-टॉ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tik-tak-ayak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tick - tack - toe
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

tick - tack-toe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

тик - нулики
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tic-tac -toe
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

tick - tack - toe
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tik-tak -toe
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

fästing - klibb - tå
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tick - tack - toe
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of tick-tack-toe

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TICK-TACK-TOE»

The term «tick-tack-toe» is normally little used and occupies the 135.030 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «TICK-TACK-TOE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tick-tack-toe

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TICK-TACK-TOE»

Discover the use of tick-tack-toe in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to tick-tack-toe and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Common Sense on Mutual Funds
Consider the child's game of tick-tack-toe. There is simply no way for the second player to win, even if a genius is playing against an opponent FIGURE 6.1 Tick- Tack-Toe X O X X O O O 192 COMMON SENSE ON MUTUAL FUNDS Enter ...
John C. Bogle, 2010
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Popular Science
Tick-tack-toe, of course, is a simple game to play, but to do it electronically gives it a new image. Due to the many variations of moves, circuitry can become quite complex. Relays, multiple ganged switches, and solid-state logic circuits help to ...
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Your Own Song To Sing
TICK. TACK. TOE. 1st verse Remember way way back when, two childrenwith a pencil or pen. We had a lot of fun together I use to think and hope forever. Chorus Tick tack toe,tick tack toe, back andforth we use to go. I use to let you win, just so  ...
Saverio, 2010
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The Wiggle & Giggle Busy Book: 365 Fun, Physical Activities ...
This game is best for preschoolers who understand the game of tick-tack-toe. Beanbag tick- tack-toe is more challenging than regular tick-tack-toe because your aim might not let you mark the square you want! Masking tape 10 beanbags (5 ...
Trish Kuffner, 2010
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Beyond Calculation: The Next Fifty Years of Computing
The Next Fifty Years of Computing Peter J. Denning, Robert M. Metcalfe. The game of "IS" is completely isomorphic to tick-tack-toe, which means that the two are logically equivalent, but people find the game of "15" difficult and tick-tack-toe  ...
Peter J. Denning, Robert M. Metcalfe, 1998
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Aha! A Two Volume Collection: Aha! Gotcha Aha! Insight
Tick-tack-toe! The insight that solves the 15 game is the recognition that it is mathematically equivalent to tick-tack- toe! Surprisingly, the equivalence is established by way of lo-shu, the well known 3-by-3 magic square that was first discovered ...
Martin Gardner, 2006
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Sky writers play tick-tack-toe with smoke
Andy Stinis and Dave de Blasio, Sky-writing pilots (above), were getting nowhere with tick-tack-toe in idle hours on the ground at Floyd Bennett airport so they decided to go "upstairs" and try their luck. Below, taking off for the biggest game ...
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Boys' Life
Ugh! Tick- Tack- Toe Code: Our other code this month is easy for you to write, and for your code club friends to decode. Take a look at the tick-tack-toe symbol below and you'll see that the entire alphabet is contained in its nine different spaces ...
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Mathamazing
TICK + TACK + TOE Tick-tack-toe, or naughts and crosses, is one of the best- known games in the world. In this version, the game is played with numbers, and the first player who makes a tick-tack-toe with a sum of 15 wins the game. Materials ...
Raymond Blum, 2002
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The Fitness Fun Busy Book: 365 Creative Games & Activities ...
Beanbag. Tick-Tack-Toe. This gameisbestforpreschoolers whounderstandthegameoftick-tack- toe. Beanbagtick-tack-toeis morechallengingthanregulartick-tack-toe because youraimmightnot let you mark the square you want! Masking tape 10 ...
Trish Kuffner, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TICK-TACK-TOE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term tick-tack-toe is used in the context of the following news items.
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Boys Select 16: Day Six Recap
After Team All-Star White took a first half lead, Team All-Star Blue responded quickly on a perfect tick-tack-toe connection from Sasha Chmelevski to Ivan Lodnia ... «USA Hockey, Jul 15»
2
St. Louis Blues Prospects Parayko, Schmaltz Stand Out
Robby Fabbri scored on a 3 on 3 tick-tack-toe play and Justin Selman fakes a snap shot and slides a backhand in between the goalies legs. You can check out ... «Bleedin' Blue, Jul 15»
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Exhibit opens with a flourish at Chicago's Museum of Science and …
Exhibit visitors get to drive them, grab with them, even play tick-tack-toe against them. A handful of robots, squat and stocky, like, say, Wayne Rooney, play ... «Waterbury Republican American, Jul 15»
4
A Lightning Blockade Gives the Rangers No Shot
Then, five minutes later, came another brilliant sequence on the power play — tick-tack-toe passes from Nikita Kucherov to Ondrej Palat to Stamkos, who was left ... «New York Times, May 15»
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Rangers Take Command by Winning Scrums at Mouth of the Goal
“There's no tick-tack-toe plays. Both teams are playing really tight defensively, and both goalies are playing really well.” The Rangers have used their size ... «New York Times, Apr 15»
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Spare Times for Children for March 13-19
Children can also do pi puzzles there and play a circular version of tick-tack-toe involving four concentric loops divided into wedges. Visitors can explore pi ... «New York Times, Mar 15»
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6 Tips to Plan a Fun and Cheap Super Bowl Party
You may also want to print off some coloring pages, puzzles and simple games for them to play, like pages of “dot grid” or tick-tack-toe grids. These activities will ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jan 15»
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Petes slide past Battalion (VIDEO & PHOTO GALLERY)
... for the rest of the game, but it was the Petes who got on the board first with a quick tick-tack-toe passing play finished off by centre Steven Lorentz. Less than ... «Bay Today, Sep 14»
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2014 BMW M235i Review
With that tick-tack-toe board complete, the new 2 Series coupe arrives. And with all respect to BMW, my imaginary billboard would honestly cite the 2 Series ... «New York Times, Jul 14»
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Unfazed by Boos, Rangers Pad Lead
St. Louis finished a tick-tack-toe passing play by one-timing an unstoppable shot from the slot at 8:03. The Rangers' power play is 4 for 10 in this series. «New York Times, May 14»

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