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detag

detag verb: to strip of a tag or tags; to remove the tags from.

Verb

detag (third-person singular simple present detags, present participle detagging, simple past and past participle detagged)

  1. (transitive) To strip of a tag or tags; to remove the tags from.
    • The next day I find myself tagged on my new profile kissing a female friend, pressed underneath her, hair and sweat and sideboob, giggling at something just off-camera. I detag, but for some reason I leave it up, mistaking the profile archive for the online equivalent of a personal photo album, as...2014, Laurie Penny, Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution, A&C Black, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    untag

Synonyms of detag

Forms of detag

third-person singular presentdetags
present participledetagging
past participledetagged
pastdetagged

Origin of detag

From de- + tag.

Questions about detag

What does detag mean?
Detag means to strip of a tag or tags; to remove the tags from.
What part of speech is detag?
Detag is a verb.
What is the past tense of detag?
The past tense of detag is detagged.

Words near detag in the dictionary

  1. detackifies
  2. detackify
  3. detackifying
  4. detacking
  5. detacks
  6. detag
  7. detagged
  8. detagging
  9. detags
  10. detail
  11. detail man

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