0 a game in which two players take turns putting O’s or X’s in a pattern of nine squares, trying to get three O’s or X’s in a straight line --
Most of the time he had nothing whatever to do, and he had covered the floor with scratches playing tick-tack-toe with himself.
When it rained, the children scurried to fasten the side curtains and then huddled together to keep warm while they played tick-tack-toe or guessing games.
We may be seen that way, but there's no use spending any more time here playing tick-tack-toe on that wood up there.