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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
tic-tac-toe
tic-tac-toe (also tick-tack-toe)BrE [ˌtɪk tæk ˈtəʊ] NAmE [ˈtoʊ] (NAmE) (BrE ˌnoughts and ˈcrosses) noun  uncountable
a simple game in which two players take turns to write Os or Xs in a set of nine squares. The first player to complete a row of three Os or three Xs is the winner.
See also: ↑noughts and crosses
Word Origin:
[tic-tac-toe] 1960s: imitative; from tick-tack, used earlier to denote games in which the pieces made clicking sounds.
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