tig
Pronunciation Noun

tig (plural tigs)

  1. (historical) A capacious, flat-bottomed drinking cup, generally with four handles, formerly used for passing around the table at convivial entertainment.
Noun

tig (uncountable)

  1. (Ireland) The children's game of tag.
    • 1916, James Joyce, ''Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Macmillan Press Ltd, paperback, page 43
      One evening when playing tig she had put her hands over his eyes: long and white and thin and cold and soft.



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