tag v.2
(orig. US) of graffiti artists, to affix one’s name to a picture, a wall etc; thus tagging n.
![[US]](/static/img/flags/us.png "United States") | Honolulu Star-Bulletin (HI) 7 Feb. 7/6: The eyesore of ‘tagging’. | |
![[Ire]](/static/img/flags/ire.png "Ireland") | Streets Above Us (1991) 184: Graffiti, murals, spray-can art, tagging, bossing. | |
| ‘Some L.A. Shit’ 🎵 Taggin, hittin fools up / Ditchin my class, just to fuck yo’ school up. | |
| Westsiders 25: A graffiti artist is tagging the name of his favourite artist on a freeway wall. | |
| Fortress of Solitude 173: Check it out, man, he’s tagging up. | |
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Apples (2023) 32: [She] always had a Pilot marker on her and she tagged her name round the garden. | |
 | Dly Press (Newport News, VA) 24 June A9/2: Signs of gang activity — mainly tagging with graffitti. | |
| Californian (Salinas, CA) 5 July A8/1: A witness called to report [...] a man ‘tagging’ a bridge. | |
| What They Was 16: The post office [is] tagged up with black spray paint . |
In compounds
a gang of graffiti artists working as a team.
| (con. 1982–6) Cocaine Kids (1990) 60: We were a tagging crew [graffiti artists]. | |
| 8 Ball Chicks (1998) 260: Annie grew even more committed to her tagging crew. | |
| L.A. Times 25 June A8/1: All those arrested [...] were involved in the tagging crew. | |
| Californian (Salinas, CA) 5 July A8/1: Tagging crews commonly refer to themselves as artists. |