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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A young tagger who went by “Clown,” he too wound up part of the crew.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2025
Banksy does not, whether because of his beginnings as a graffiti tagger or because he still engages in stunts of dubious legality.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 13, 2022
Donnelly and Companion hadn’t changed much since their tagger days, but the world around them did.
From New York Times ● Feb. 9, 2021
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
Less than a day after city workers painted the 2nd Street Tunnel, long an L.A. graffiti haven, taggers covered the walls of the iconic tunnel again, according to an Instagram post.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025
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
The buildings gained international attention in February after a particularly successful run by taggers made the issue impossible to ignore.
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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