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tagging on

tagging on is the present participle and gerund of tag on.

Meaning of tag on

Verb

tag on (third-person singular simple present tags on, present participle tagging on, simple past and past participle tagged on)

  1. (chiefly public transport) To hover an RFID device such as a smartcard over a receiver, often with a graphical user interface, in order to make a payment or gain entry.
    • Contactless smart card readers can be mounted at each door of an LRT car, allowing a rider to “tag on” and “tag off” on boarding and alighting the vehicle.2003, Daniel Fleishman, United States. Federal Transit Administration, National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board, Fare policies, structures and technologies: update, page 39
    Synonyms:
    swipe, flash, tag, touch in

Questions about tagging on

What is tagging on the present participle and gerund of?
Tagging on is the present participle and gerund of tag on.

Words near tagging on in the dictionary

  1. tagging
  2. tagging along
  3. tagging interface
  4. tagging interfaces
  5. tagging off
  6. tagging on
  7. tagging out
  8. tagging up
  9. taggings
  10. Taggs
  11. taggy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tagging on (page history and authors); tag on (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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