"overtag" meaning in English

See overtag in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: overtags [present, singular, third-person], overtagging [participle, present], overtagged [participle, past], overtagged [past]
Etymology: over- + tag Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|tag}} over- + tag Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} overtag (third-person singular simple present overtags, present participle overtagging, simple past and past participle overtagged)
  1. (transitive) To place too many tags on. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overtag-en-verb-E~OP0swd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 62 38
  2. (transitive) To write a graffiti tag over another. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overtag-en-verb-oVUFhoZa

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for overtag meaning in English (2.1kB)

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