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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A light touch; a tap or pat. dialectal
2. 2
   A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment. historical
3. 3
   The children's game of tag. Ireland, Scotland

   "One evening when playing tig she had put her hands over his eyes: long and white and thin and cold and soft."

Verb

1. 1
   To touch lightly or playfully; to trifle, dally. dialectal

Adjective

1. 1
   Acronym of tungsten inert gas; pertaining to TIG welding. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, not-comparable

Synonyms

All synonyms

tagtouch

Example

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"One evening when playing tig she had put her hands over his eyes: long and white and thin and cold and soft."

Etymology

Dialectal variant of tick, from Middle English ticken, tiken. More at tick.

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