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pop tags

pop tags verb: to go shopping, especially for clothing, especially on a spree.

Verb

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

  1. (slang) To go shopping, especially for clothing, especially on a spree.
    • 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

Forms of pop tags

third-person singular presentpops tags
present participlepopping tags
past participlepopped tags
pastpopped tags

Origin of pop tags

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

Questions about pop tags

What does pop tags mean?
Pop tags means to go shopping, especially for clothing, especially on a spree.
What part of speech is pop tags?
Pop tags is a verb.
What is the past tense of pop tags?
The past tense of pop tags is popped tags.

Words near pop tags in the dictionary

  1. pop song
  2. pop songs
  3. pop sox
  4. pop star
  5. pop stars
  6. pop tags
  7. pop tart
  8. pop tarts
  9. pop the cherry
  10. pop the question
  11. pop tune

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