Meaning

2 senses
  1. One who, or that which, tags along.

    someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along

  2. A pattern that attaches to the back of a spaceship, moving along with it.

    Coordinate term: pushalong

Origin

Deverbal from tag along.

Deverbal from tag along.

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Forms

plural: tagalongs
Singulartagalong
Pluraltagalongs

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • someone who persistently (and annoyingly) follows along:hanger-on

Word family

1 related words
Relatedtag along

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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