tagback

English

Etymology

tag +‎ back

Noun

tagback (plural tagbacks)

  1. (chiefly in the 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.
    • 1979, Lincoln D. Stein, Family Games, page 79:
      […] "tagback" is expressly forbidden — tagging the former It immediately after being tagged yourself.
    • 2012, Steven Piziks, The Nanotech War: Star Trek Voyager:
      No tagbacks. Time out pauses the game to resolve a dispute or if someone is injured. Time in resumes the game.
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