noughts and crosses
n 1: 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 [syn: {ticktacktoe},
{ticktacktoo}, {tick-tack-toe}, {tic-tac-toe}, {tit-tat-
toe}, {noughts and crosses}]