jogo da velha — meaning in English

English meaning

• hash noun A dish of chopped meat and vegetables (often potatoes) fried together.
• square noun A four-sided shape with equal sides and right angles.

Senses

jogo da velha is used for these senses in English:

• hash (typography) The # symbol (octothorpe, pound).
• square (British) The symbol # on a telephone; hash.
• tic-tac-toe (games) A game in which two players take turns placing circles and crosses on a 3x3 grid and attempt to obtain three of the same symbols in a straight line.

hash — full definition

1. noun A dish of chopped meat and vegetables (often potatoes) fried together.
2. noun A confused, jumbled mess.
3. noun The # symbol.
4. noun In computing, the fixed-length code produced by feeding data through a hash function.
5. noun Informal short form of hashish.

square — full definition

1. noun A four-sided shape with equal sides and right angles.
2. noun An open public area in a town or city, often surrounded by buildings.
3. adj Forming or having right angles.
4. adj Fair, honest, and straightforward.
5. adj Informal: old-fashioned or conventional in a boring way.

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