tagger

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -æɡə(r)

Etymology 1

tag +‎ -er

Noun

tagger (plural taggers)

1. One who or that which tags.
   1. The player who tries to catch others in the game of tag.
      • (Can we date this quote?) Francis Edward Abernethy, Texas Toys and Games (page 111)

        The teacher then calls on each one of the tagged to identify his tagger. If a student cannot guess correctly, he must sit down.

   2. A person who writes graffiti using a specific mark
   3. (computing theory) A program or algorithm that adds tags for purposes of categorization, e.g. grammatical information to words in a document, or genres to songs in a music collection.
2. A device for removing taglocks from sheep.

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3. That which is pointed like a tag.
   • (Can we date this quote by Cotton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     hedgehogs' or porcupines' small taggers

Translations

person who writes graffiti

• French: tagueur (fr) m
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Etymology 2

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Noun

tagger (plural taggers)

1. (slang) The penis.

Etymology 3

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Noun

tagger (plural taggers)

1. (in the plural) Sheets of tin or other plate which run below the gauge.

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Anagrams

• garget

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French

Alternative forms

• taguer

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] English tag

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ɡe/

Verb

tagger

1. (graffiti) to tag
2. to tag (label)

   tagger quelqu'un sur Facebook - tag someone on Facebook