Tag-team
adj, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 To wrestle as part of a tag team (sense 1). intransitive
"We haven't tag-teamed in the ring for quite a while."
- 2 To alternate working with someone else in order to accomplish a task. broadly, intransitive
"Our spouses and children have become friends, and we have tag-teamed as presenters in local settings and at national conferences."
- 3 To alternate working with someone else in order to accomplish a task directed at (someone). transitive
"But Andrew and Blieu wouldn't hear of such a thing, so they tag-teamed her about staying on until finally, weakened from their constant badgering, Rachel couldn't take it any longer."
- 4 To have sex with (someone) in a group with one or more other people. slang, transitive, vulgar
"Personal: Three horny men looking to tag-team young afro-american virgin."
- 1 Performed by two or more people or groups working alternately. not-comparable
"Both of them worked, so they practiced a sort of tag-team parenting, swapping mornings and afternoons when the kids weren’t in school."
Example
More examples"Both of them worked, so they practiced a sort of tag-team parenting, swapping mornings and afternoons when the kids weren’t in school."
Etymology
Probably from tag team (noun).
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