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 before another noun

Examples of tag team in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Kyle Fletcher’s return, Adam Copeland and Christian Cage won the tag titles, Tay Melo and Anna Jay appeared to be new challengers for the women’s tag team titles against Megan Bayne and Lena Kross, hell, Eddie Kingston and Mance Warner helped thwart off Shane Taylor promotions. —Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 26 May 2026

But that didn’t prevent WWE from stacking the card with a major six-woman tag team match. —Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026

Bliss will next be seen competing tomorrow night on WWE’s Saturday Night’s Main Event on Peacock in a 6-woman tag team match alongside Women’s World Champion Rhea Ripley and Charlotte Flair, who together will face off against Jade Cargill, Michin, and B-Fab. —Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 22 May 2026

The tag team has led to the band’s best collection where super sharp hooks meet ugly, glorious crescendos and curious arrangements. —Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026

Word History

Etymology

tag entry 4

First Known Use

1952, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for tag team

• abeam
• airstream
• bloodstream
• daydream
• downstream
• esteem
• extreme
• grapheme
• hakim
• hornbeam
• lexeme
• mainstream