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
nougat,
nougatine,
nought,
noughties,
noughts and crosses,
noughts-and-crosses,
noumenal,
noumenon,
nouméa,
noun,
noun adjunct
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