tagged

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of tag.

   He tagged the runner just before she reached the base.

   All the clothes were tagged for the weekend sale.

   Note

   One spelling does the work of both past tense and past participle, with the final consonant doubled before -ed. As a participle it pairs with have in the perfect and with be in the passive, where it shades into the "labeled" adjective. Its meaning follows the verb: labeling goods, marking a wall with graffiti, putting a runner out, clearing dung from a sheep, and, in vulgar slang, having sex.

2. 2
   adjective

   Marked or identified with an attached label that carries information such as a price, name, or category.

   Every tagged item on the rack showed a discounted price.

   The donated clothes were neatly tagged before they reached the shelves.

   Similarlabeled, marked

   Oppositeuntagged, unlabeled

3. 3
   adjective

   Marked with the signature graffiti (a writer's stylized personal name) left by an individual on a surface.

   The newly tagged underpass displayed half a dozen rival signatures.

   City workers painted over the tagged storefront within a day.

   Note

   A graffiti writer's word, built on the stylized personal signature that claims a surface for its maker. That signature is the quickest and smallest form in the subculture, below the larger throw-ups and full pieces, so a wall described this way carries names rather than murals. Unlike the plain "labeled" sense, it points to marks a property owner usually wants painted over.

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