Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. games, UK, New Zealand 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 one's own symbol.
WordNet 3.0
- n. 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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such and such
alas and alack, apples and oranges, coffee and tea, cream and sugar, father and son, forgive and forget, ins and outs, kith and kin, knit and purl, milk and cookies, mother and daughter, odds and ends and 181 more...
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Siamese Twins - X and/or Y
Collocations with 'and' & 'or'
neither fish nor ..., neither hide nor ..., alive and kicking, all or nothing, an arm and a leg, apples and oranges, back and forth, be-all and end-all, bells and whistles, black and white, blood and guts, bow and arrow and 230 more...
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noughty words
fearnought, dreadnought, nought, talknought, noughties, noughtihood, nought the less, noughting, noughts and crosses, eatnought, sleepnought, shitnought and 56 more...
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Two at a time
Lists of matching or contrasting or complementing pairs
the strait and na..., few and far between, the thick and thin, the ins and outs, safe and sound, hale and hearty, heart and soul, pros and cons, down and out, black and blue, to and fro, spick and span and 56 more...
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ambrosia, inamorata, gossamer, lily-white, hummingbird, roucoulement, poppy, daisy, calypso, lunula, lamb, dove and 1526 more...
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seanahan I never realized tic-tac-toe had another name. Feb 13, 2008
chained_bear OED: A game in which two players seek to complete a row of either three noughts or three crosses, each one drawn alternately in the spaces of a grid of nine squares. Also called (esp. U.S.) tic-tac-toe.
I've also seen this spelled "naughts." Feb 11, 2008