From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishnoughts and crossesˌnoughts and ˈcrosses noun [uncountable] British English DGOa game in which two players write 0 or X in a pattern of nine squares, trying to win with a row of three 0’s or three X’s SYN tick-tack-toe American English
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noughts and crosses• Hunter carved a hideous noughts and crosses pattern on Heidi's naked bottom after strangling her with a belt. 