tig
Playground pursuit pastime
Tig is a children's chasing game—called tag in American English—where one player who is "it" pursues the others and tries to touch them: We played tig in the schoolyard.
The word is used mainly in British English, particularly in Scotland and northern England.
To tig someone is to touch them in this game.
chase
Rapid following of quarry
- itNeuter third-person pronoun
- playgroundChildren's outdoor recreation space
- runningSwift foot travel
touch · children · catch · freeze · pursuit · recess · dodging · schoolyard · British · informal
activity type
tigboard games
Structured tabletop play
sitting still · reading · napping · video games · card games
- tiger's eyeChatoyant quartz gemstone
- white tigerColor variant of Bengal
- paper tigerSeeming strength, actual weakness
- saber-tooth tigerExtinct long-fanged feline
- tiger cubImmature large feline
- saber-toothed tigerExtinct cat, elongated fangs
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