tagback

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noun

In the game of tag, the act of tagging a player who just tagged oneself, without first giving them a chance to escape — usually forbidden.

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Meanings

nountagback (plural tagbacks)

plural tagbacks

  1. in pluralIn the game of tag, the act of tagging a player who just tagged oneself, without first giving them a chance to escape — usually forbidden.

    […] "tagback" is expressly forbidden — tagging the former It immediately after being tagged yourself.

    1979, Lincoln D. Stein, Family Games, page 79
    1 more example

    No tagbacks. Time out pauses the game to resolve a dispute or if someone is injured. Time in resumes the game.

    2012, Steven Piziks, The Nanotech War: Star Trek Voyager

Origin

From tag + back.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

backtag
Cite this entry
APA

tagback. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tagback

MLA

“tagback.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tagback. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tagback,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tagback.

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