tagback en · NOUN
Etymology
From tag + back.
Meanings
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(in-plural) In the game of tag, the act of tagging a player who just tagged oneself, without first giving them a chance to escape — usually forbidden.
No tagbacks. Time out pauses the game to resolve a dispute or if someone is injured. Time in resumes the game.
2012, Steven Piziks, The Nanotech War: Star Trek Voyager:[…] "tagback" is expressly forbidden — tagging the former It immediately after being tagged yourself.
1979, Lincoln D. Stein, Family Games, page 79:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tagbacks | Number=Plur | lexicographic |