tic-tac-toe
noun
variants
or tick-tack-toe
: a game in which two players alternately put Xs and Os in compartments of a figure formed by two vertical lines crossing two horizontal lines and each tries to get a row of three Xs or three Os before the opponent does
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Cunningham, however, is playing chess against a Knicks defense playing tic-tac-toe.
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
One looks like a menacing version of tic-tac-toe, while another appears to be set on a horse carousel.
—Peter White, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024
In recent years, AI researchers have been trying to develop a program that can learn to play any game well—Go, tic-tac-toe, chess, whatever—given only the rules of the game as input.
—Jonathan Schaeffer, IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2014
But there's plenty more to explore at this autumn playground, including hay rides, a beer garden, a candy cannon, food trucks, a bubble barn, pumpkin tic-tac-toe and a kids' climbing wall.
—Melissa Santos, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
With Marshall as its handsome host, The Hollywood Squares debuted on Oct. 17, 1966, out of a studio in Burbank, with nine celebrities seating in a huge tic-tac-toe board.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
The tic-tac-toe game featured two contestants agreeing or disagreeing with celebrities who provided answers to Marshall’s questions — which ranged from silly to ribald.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2024
The bottom line: Robert Shumaker, a great ape researcher and official with the Indianapolis Zoo, lets chimpanzees and orangutans play touch-screen games like tic-tac-toe to visitors' delight.
—Andrew Keatts, Axios, 24 July 2024
Anyone could learn how to play perfect tic-tac-toe in one sitting by memorizing a few move sequences.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 16 July 2024
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Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 8 Dec. 2024
One looks like a menacing version of tic-tac-toe, while another appears to be set on a horse carousel.
—Peter White, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024
In recent years, AI researchers have been trying to develop a program that can learn to play any game well—Go, tic-tac-toe, chess, whatever—given only the rules of the game as input.
—Jonathan Schaeffer, IEEE Spectrum, 25 June 2014
But there's plenty more to explore at this autumn playground, including hay rides, a beer garden, a candy cannon, food trucks, a bubble barn, pumpkin tic-tac-toe and a kids' climbing wall.
—Melissa Santos, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
With Marshall as its handsome host, The Hollywood Squares debuted on Oct. 17, 1966, out of a studio in Burbank, with nine celebrities seating in a huge tic-tac-toe board.
—Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Aug. 2024
The tic-tac-toe game featured two contestants agreeing or disagreeing with celebrities who provided answers to Marshall’s questions — which ranged from silly to ribald.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2024
The bottom line: Robert Shumaker, a great ape researcher and official with the Indianapolis Zoo, lets chimpanzees and orangutans play touch-screen games like tic-tac-toe to visitors' delight.
—Andrew Keatts, Axios, 24 July 2024
Anyone could learn how to play perfect tic-tac-toe in one sitting by memorizing a few move sequences.
—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 16 July 2024
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