tic-tac-toe
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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A handful of basic electronic games—think checkers and tic-tac-toe—were designed in laboratories going back to at least the 1950s.
The whole top of his head was red and green and blue and purple with pictures of dogs and cats and trees and tic-tac-toe games.
From Literature
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Leaving the library as the center of the museum’s north side, Mr. Adjaye made eight other slightly smaller pavilions, which he grouped in the form of a slightly disheveled tic-tac-toe board.
“This is a team that plays well defensively, so there might not be tic-tac-toe kind of goals,” Islanders coach Patrick Roy said Sunday.
From Seattle Times
They entertained themselves with intense tic-tac-toe matches at a cafeteria table.
From Seattle Times
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