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tag team

  • /ˈtæɡ tiːm/ UK
  • /ˈtæɡ ˌtim/ US

Where it comes from

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.

noun tag teams

  1. 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.

    Similar: TT

  2. broadly 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."
  3. also, attributive, broadly, slang, vulgar 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".

verb tag teams · tag teaming · tag teamed

  1. alternative Alternative form of tag-team He and Scott tag teamed as "The Long Riders".

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noun group of wrestlers who work together as a team

日本語タッグチーム taggu chīmu

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"tag team." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tag%20team. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{tag_team_2026,
  title = {tag team},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tag%20team},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}