noughts-and-crosses

[ nawts-uh n-kraw-siz, -kros-iz ]
/ ˈnɔts ənˈkrɔ sɪz, -ˈkrɒs ɪz /

noun (used with a singular verb) British.

Origin of noughts-and-crosses

First recorded in 1890–95

Words nearby noughts-and-crosses

British Dictionary definitions for noughts and crosses

noughts and crosses

noun

(functioning as singular) 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 US and Canadian term: tick-tack-toe, (US) crisscross