tagger
Americannoun
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taggers
plural
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a person or device that labels something.
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a computer program that labels data.
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a graffiti artist, particularly one who writes their signature on a wall or other surface.
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the person who chases and tags others, in a game of tag.
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Mister Cartoon, tagger turned tattooist to the stars, and Estevan Oriol, bouncer turned hip-hop documentarian, have a new Netflix film, ‘LA Originals.’
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
Hanson gave the ear tagger a practice squeeze, positioned it over the pliable ear and squeezed the handle.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2021
Boosted by recent exceptional auction results, the former graffiti tagger Brian Donnelly, a.k.a.
From New York Times ● Oct. 4, 2019
Unbeknownst to Kyle, the sheriff had been keeping tabs on him and every other tagger in the city.
From Slate ● Mar. 21, 2019
“We’ve been calling him for a while, hoping that he would follow through and be our tagger, our captain. But it’s okay. We have a couple of other leads.”
From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen
Even minor crime, he showed, had no place in Mr. Giuliani’s New York—a lesson he amplified by arresting graffiti taggers and public urinators.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
But it also attracted scores of photographers, visual artists, taggers and scene kids who documented the unruly energy brimming over these grim industrial landscapes, lighted up with flames and police chopper spotlights.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2026
Even as the skyline expanded, Angelenos’ attention fell on two skyscrapers that taggers had almost entirely covered in graffiti.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2025
About a decade later, the city was still going after taggers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2024
When there are more than thirty players, it is desirable to have two or more who are It, or taggers.
From Games for the Playground, Home, School and Gymnasium by Jessie Hubbell Bancroft
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