pop tags

verb

To go shopping, especially for clothing, especially on a spree.

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Meanings

verbpop tags (third-person singular simple present pops tags, present participle popping tags, simple past and past participle popped tags)

present singular third person pops tags · participle present popping tags · participle past popped tags · past popped tags

  1. slangTo go shopping, especially for clothing, especially on a spree.

    I'm gonna pop some tags Only got 20$ in my pocket I'm, I'm, I'm huntin', lookin' for a come up This is fucking awesome

    2012, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, “Thrift Shop”
    2 more examples

    We were popping tags all over the place. After years making do with the sales rack at JCPenney we were flying up to New York and Chicago for spending sprees, buying ourselves diamond chains and gold watches.

    2008, Jermaine Dupri, Young, Rich, and Dangerous: The Making of a Music Mogul, page 3

    Chris; Well we're on our way to pop some tags you wanna come? / Dow; Naw, Im good. / Dink; Yeah bro still be wearing shit from the 90's, money is still stuck in time. / Juice; Yo, bro don't beat yourself treat yourself.

    2011, A. K. A. Smalls, Low Patience's, page 3

Origin

New clothing purchases often come with tags that need to be removed.

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APA

pop tags. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pop%20tags

MLA

“pop tags.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pop%20tags. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pop tags,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pop%20tags.

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