Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

detag

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-tag
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To strip of a tag or tags; to remove the tags from.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"The next day I find myself tagged on my new profile kissing a female friend, pressed underneath her, hair and sweat and sideboob, giggling at something just off-camera. I detag, but for some reason I leave it up, mistaking the profile archive for the online equivalent of a personal photo album, as so many of us did in the early days."

Etymology

From de- + tag.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: de

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

detags (present, singular) detagging (participle, present) detagged (participle, past) detagged (past)

Synonyms

untag

Questions

What does detag mean?: To strip of a tag or tags; to remove the tags from.
Where does detag come from?: From de- + tag.

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