tagback
nounEtymology From tag + back.
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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.
- […] "tagback" is expressly forbidden — tagging the former It immediately after being tagged yourself.1979, Lincoln D. Stein, Family Games, page 79:
- 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: