Definition of "tig" [tig]

• Tag, the children's game. (noun)
• A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment. (noun)

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• "She didn't like games, but I used to make her play "tig" and such like; but it was no fun, for I could always catch her in three jumps, and she could never catch me, though she would come with as much rustle and flutter as ten boys would make."
• "With how many games of 'tig' or brick-building in the forenoon is the long low dining room connected in my mind!"
• "Green, Dublin, playing at 'tig' or 'hide and seek' with his canine attendants."