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tagalong

tagalong noun: one who, or that which, tags along.

Noun

tagalong (plural tagalongs)

  1. One who, or that which, tags along.
    • Not much of a fighter, he is a quiet, tag-along mascot.1979 April 14, Pat M. Kuras, “Street Fantasy”, in Gay Community News, page 12
    • We started about 6 o'clock with a few tagalongs and our little group got smaller and smaller with each bar until it was just the three of us.2003, John Hoover, How to work for an idiot
  2. A pattern that attaches to the back of a spaceship, moving along with it.
    • Coordinate term: pushalong

Forms of tagalong

pluraltagalongs

Origin of tagalong

Deverbal from tag along.

Questions about tagalong

What does tagalong mean?
Tagalong means one who, or that which, tags along.
What part of speech is tagalong?
Tagalong is a noun.
What is the plural of tagalong?
The plural of tagalong is tagalongs.

Words near tagalong in the dictionary

  1. Tagalizing
  2. Tagalo-
  3. Tagaloa
  4. Tagalog
  5. Tagalogs
  6. tagalong
  7. tagalongs
  8. Tagalophone
  9. Tagals
  10. Tagan-ayan
  11. Tagana-an

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