playground tag
Recess pursuit game
Playground tag is the chasing game children play during recess, where one person is "it" and must touch another player to transfer that role.
The phrase distinguishes this informal schoolyard game from organized sports or other meanings of tag: We played playground tag until the bell rang.
- chaseRapid following of quarry
- you're itNewly designated pursuer
- runningSwift foot travel
- recessPause in activity
- itNeuter third-person pronoun
recess bell · freeze · catch · dodge · children · schoolyard · laughter · touch · flee · home base · base · safe · safe zone · sprint · run for it · hiding · screaming · games
- chase gamestag, freeze tag, hide and seek, capture the flag, cops and robbers
- recess gamestag, hopscotch, jump rope, hide and seek, duck duck goose
- tagsdog tag, dog tags, geotag, ear tag, ear tags
game structure
playground taghide-and-seek
Concealment pursuit pastime
sardines · freeze dance · musical chairs · freeze tag · duck duck goose
playground, play, ground, playgrounds, tagged, tagging, tagger, playing, played