tagger

English

Pronunciation

  • (file)
  • 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.
      • 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.
    • Cotton
      hedgehogs' or porcupines' small taggers
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

tagger (plural taggers)

  1. (slang) The penis.

Etymology 3

Noun

tagger (plural taggers)

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


French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From 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

Conjugation

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