tag team

American  

noun

Professional Wrestling.

1. a team of two wrestlers who compete one at a time against either member of another such team, the wrestlers in the ring changing places with those outside by tagging them.

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Etymology

Origin of tag team

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

India says that the 2030 Commonwealth Games will be a "full-fledged" multisport event, including disciplines it hopes to push into the Olympic programme, such as tag team sports kabaddi and kho kho.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

They gained notoriety as the tag team known as The Minnesota Wrecking Crew, the WWE said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 27, 2024

Together, they’re a dynamic tag team dressed near-identically in head-to-toe black, although Chalamet’s shiny leather layers have more swagger.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2024

His dad, Wayde Douglas Bowles, was also a wrestler - known as Rocky Johnson - and was part of the first black tag team to win a WWE championship.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2023

“Hold up. We? That’s why you begged me to come to this party? So you can have a tag team partner?”

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas