tag-team

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tag-team

  • /ˈtæɡtiːm/ UK
  • /ˈtæɡˌtim/ US

Where it comes from

Probably from tag team (noun).

adjective

  1. not comparable Performed by two or more people or groups working alternately. Both of them worked, so they practiced a sort of tag-team parenting, swapping mornings and afternoons when the kids weren’t in school.

verb tag-teams · tag-teaming · tag-teamed

  1. intransitive To wrestle as part of a tag team (sense 1). We haven't tag-teamed in the ring for quite a while.
  2. broadly, intransitive To alternate working with someone else in order to accomplish a task. Our spouses and children have become friends, and we have tag-teamed as presenters in local settings and at national conferences.
  3. transitive To alternate working with someone else in order to accomplish a task directed at (someone). But Andrew and Blieu wouldn't hear of such a thing, so they tag-teamed her about staying on until finally, weakened from their constant badgering, Rachel couldn't take it any longer.
  4. slang, transitive, vulgar To have sex with (someone) in a group with one or more other people. Personal: Three horny men looking to tag-team young afro-american virgin.

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"tag-team." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tag-team. 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-team},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}