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tag (2)

tag [ tag ]


noun  (plural tags)
Definition:
 
1. leisure children's chasing and touching game: a children's game in which one player is chosen to chase the others and try to touch one of them. Anyone touched becomes "it" and is then the player who does the chasing.

2. baseball instance of putting runner out: in baseball, an instance of getting a runner out by touching him or her with the ball before he or she reaches the base

3. wrestling 
Same as  tag wrestling


4. wrestling instance of switching places in wrestling: in wrestling, an instance of touching a partner's hand in order to switch places



transitive verb  (past and past participle tagged, present participle tag·ging, 3rd person present singular tags)
Definition:
 
1. catch player in game of tag: in the children's game of tag, to touch a player making that player "it"

2. baseball touch runner with ball: in baseball, to get a runner out by touching him or her with the ball before he or she reaches the base

3. wrestling touch partner's hand in wrestling: in tag wrestling, to touch the hand of a partner in order to switch places

[Mid-18th century. Origin ?]
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