tag team
UK/ˈtæɡ tiːm/US/ˈtæɡ ˌtim/
tag team noun: a group of wrestlers who work together as a team. Only one is in the ring at any given time, and they change places by "tagging" each other with a gesture like a high five. Also the alternative form of tag-team.
Noun
tag team (plural tag teams)
- A group of wrestlers who work together as a team. Only one is in the ring at any given time, and they change places by "tagging" each other with a gesture like a high five.
- Synonyms:
- TT
- Two or more people acting alternately to accomplish some task.
- According to Ms. Haney, "Heather and I work best as a tag team. We are aware of our confrontational weaknesses and limits, and use each other to fill in the needed strengths."2004, Glenda Beamon Crawford, “Believing Less is More and Positive is Better”, in Managing the Adolescent Classroom: Lessons From Outstanding Teachers, Thousand Oaks, Calif.; London: Corwin Press...
- She says her secret to her success really isn't a secret: by surrounding herself with other people who cared about and supported her, there was no way she could fail. Whether your vision for the future is starting a rock band, opening an art gallery, designing a new videogame, or losing forty...2007, Jason Ryan Dorsey, “Secrets to Building Your Real-world Dream Team”, in My Reality Check Bounced! The Twentysomething’s Guide to Cashing In on Your Real-world Dreams, New York, N.Y.: Broadway...
- An act of two or more people having sex with one person who is the focus of the sexual activity; a gangbang (sense 1); also, the people having sex with the person who is the focus of the sexual activity regarded as a group.
- After downing a few drinks, the two Marines had vaginal and anal intercourse with her simultaneously, then took turns with her as the other watched. They referred to the former practice as "scrogging"; they called the later activity "tag team".[1989, Ronald Kessler, “Happy Birthday”, in Moscow Station: How the KGB Penetrated the American Embassy, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, →ISBN, part I, page 199
- "He's the rapper J [Jalil Hutchins]/I'm the rapper Ecs [Ecstasy, i.e., John Fletcher]/We're known for playing tag-team sex," they declare. For guys who dedicate their albums to their wives and first loves, this is a surprising revelation.1991, Havelock Nelson, Michael A. Gonzales, “Whodini”, in Bring the Noise: A Guide to Rap Music and Hip-hop Culture, New York, N.Y.: Harmony Books, →ISBN, pages 280–281
Also used as
tag team is also the alternative form of tag-team.
Synonyms of tag team
Forms of tag team
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | tag teams |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | tag teams |
| present participle | tag teaming |
| past participle | tag teamed |
| past | tag teamed |
Origin of tag team
Probably from tag (“children’s chasing game in which one player (known as ‘it’) attempts to touch another, who then becomes ‘it’; (baseball) instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand to rule him ‘out’”) + team.
Words formed from tag team
Questions about tag team
- What does tag team mean?
- Tag team means a group of wrestlers who work together as a team. Only one is in the ring at any given time, and they change places by "tagging" each other with a gesture like a high five.
- What part of speech is tag team?
- Tag team is a noun.
- How do you pronounce tag team?
- Tag team is pronounced /ˈtæɡ tiːm/ (UK).
- What is the plural of tag team?
- The plural of tag team is tag teams.
Words near tag team in the dictionary
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