Noughts and crosses (US style)

• Pencil game
• Kids' game
• Uneventful indoor pastime
• The object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does
• A game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a 3-by-3 board

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of tic-tac-toe English)

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a game in which two players alternately put crosses and circles in one of the compartments of a 3-by-3 board; the object is to get a row of three crosses or three circles before the opponent does [syn: ticktacktoo , tick-tack-toe , tic-tac-toe , tit-tat-toe ...