tag team

noun

1
: a team of two or more professional wrestlers who spell each other during a match
2
: two or more people working in association toward the same goal
usually hyphenated when used attributively

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After Heavy Machinery disbanded, Otis soon joined forces with Chad Gable to form Alpha Academy, becoming one of the most popular tag teams in WWE. Jeremy Hanna, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025 Lynch and Valkyria lost those same tag team titles, and a fed-up Lynch turned heel on the star she was supposed to be mentoring. Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 8 June 2025 This angle has led to a tag team match being scheduled for the next EVOLVE episode. Andrew Ravens‎, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 June 2025 No surprise: tag team families have three to six times the national divorce rate. Joan C. Williams june 13, Literary Hub, 13 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for tag team

Word History

Etymology

tag entry 4

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of tag team was in 1952

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“Tag team.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tag%20team. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.

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