1. (noun)tag, ticket a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
2. (noun)tag a label associated with something for the purpose of identification "semantic tags were attached in order to identify different meanings of the word"
3. (noun)rag, shred, tag, tag end, tatter a small piece of cloth or paper
4. (noun)tag a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser
5. (verb)tag (sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game)
6. (verb)tag, label, mark attach a tag or label to "label these bottles"
7. (verb)tag touch a player while he is holding the ball
8. (verb)tag provide with a name or nickname
9. (verb)chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track go after with the intent to catch "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
10. (verb)tag supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes
Definitions of 'TAG'
Webster 1913 Dictionary
1. (noun)TAG any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label
2. (noun)TAG a metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it
3. (noun)TAG the end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue
4. (noun)TAG something mean and paltry; the rabble
5. (noun)TAG a sheep of the first year
6. (noun)TAG a sale of usually used items (such as furniture, clothing, household items or bric-a-brac), conducted by one or a small group of individuals, at a location which is not a normal retail establishment
7. TAG a child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched
8. (verb)TAG to fit with, or as with, a tag or tags
9. (verb)TAG to join; to fasten; to attach
10. (verb)TAG to follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play
11. (verb)TAG to follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a person