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overtag

overtag verb: to place too many tags on.

Verb

overtag (third-person singular simple present overtags, present participle overtagging, simple past and past participle overtagged)

  1. (transitive) To place too many tags on.
    • But whatever the approach, all manufacturers are agreed that there can be a danger in overtagging a garment. "Too many tags — more than two — are often confusing and distracting to consumers." said Dick Harris of B.W Harris.1980, Men's Wear, volume 182
  2. (transitive) To write a graffiti tag over another.
    • Behind him was gang-turf graffiti, elaborately spray-painted, transforming the wall into a billboard. One with a very clear message. The graffiti was pristine. That it had not been overtagged was a bold proclamation that the wall stood within undisputed territory.2012, Andrew Vachss, Blackjack: A Cross Novel, page 12

Forms of overtag

third-person singular presentovertags
present participleovertagging
past participleovertagged
pastovertagged

Origin of overtag

From over- + tag.

Questions about overtag

What does overtag mean?
Overtag means to place too many tags on.
What part of speech is overtag?
Overtag is a verb.
What is the past tense of overtag?
The past tense of overtag is overtagged.

Words near overtag in the dictionary

  1. overt prestige
  2. overtackle
  3. overtackled
  4. overtackles
  5. overtackling
  6. overtag
  7. overtagged
  8. overtagging
  9. overtags
  10. overtakable
  11. overtake

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