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Definition of 'tag'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) tag
a piece of paper, plastic, etc., attached to something as a marker or label:
a price tag.

2.  tag
any small hanging or loosely attached part or piece; tatter.

3.  tag
a loop of material sewn on a garment so that it can be hung up.

4.  tag
a metal or plastic tip at the end of a shoelace or cord.

5.  tag
a small piece of tinsel or the like tied to the shank of a fishhook at the body of an artificial fly.

6.  tag
the tail end or concluding part, as of a proceeding.

7.  tag
a symbol or other labeling device indicating the beginning or end of a unit of information in an electronic document.

8.  tag
an addition to a speech or writing, as the moral of a fable.

9.  tag
a quotation added for special effect.

10.  tag
a descriptive word or phrase applied to a person, group, etc., as a label or identifier; epithet.

11.  tag
a lock of hair.

12.  tag
a matted lock of wool on a sheep.

13.  tag
the white tip of the tail of a fox.

14. (v.t.) tag
to furnish with a tag; attach a tag to.

15.  tag
to append as a tag, addition, or afterthought.

16.  tag
to attach or give an epithet to; label.

17.  tag
to write graffiti on.

18.  tag
to give a traffic ticket to.

19.  tag
to hold accountable for something; attach blame to.

20.  tag
to set a price on; fix the cost of.

21.  tag
to follow closely.

22.  tag
to remove the tags of wool from (a sheep).

23. (v.i.) tag
to follow closely:
to tag along behind someone.

24.  tag
to write graffiti.

25. (n.) tag
a children's game in which one player chases the others in an effort to touch one of them, who then becomes the pursuer.

26.  tag
an act or instance of tagging a runner in baseball.

27. (v.t.) tag
to touch in or as if in the game of tag.

28.  tag
to put out ( a runner) in baseball by a touch with the ball held in the hand or glove.

29.  tag
to make a hit or run in batting against (a baseball pitcher).

30.  tag
Informal. to strike (a person or object) solidly.

31.  tag
tag up, (of a runner in baseball) to touch the base before attempting to advance after the catch of a fly ball.

Etymology: (1730–40; perh. identical with tag¹)

Definition of 'tag'

Princeton's WordNet

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

Definition of 'tag'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) tag
a small piece of paper, cloth, etc. attached to sth, giving information
a price tag; new students wearing name tags

2. tag
a game in which one child runs to try to catch others
kids playing tag

3. (verb) tag
to put a tag on sth
Scientists tagged the birds to track their movements.

Definition of 'tag'

Webster 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

Translation of 'tag'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a label a price-tag; a name-tag.
Afrikaans: merker	Arabic: لاصِقَه، بِطاقَه	Bulgarian: етикет
Brazilian: etiqueta	Czech: štítek, visačka	German: das Etikett
Danish: seddel; -seddel	Greek: ετικέτα	Spanish: etiqueta
Estonian: lipik	Farsi: برچسب	Finnish: lappu
French: étiquette	Hebrew: תַווִית	Hindi: लेबल
Croatian: etiketa, privješena cedul	Hungarian: cédula, címke	Indonesian: label
Icelandic: miði, merki	Italian: etichetta, targhetta	Japanese: 札
Korean: 꼬리표	Lithuanian: etiketė, kortelė	Latvian: etiķete; birka; firmas zī
Malay: tanda; teg	Dutch: etiket	Norwegian: etikett, (pris-/navne)lap
Polish: etykieta, przywieszka	Persian: برچسب	Pashto: ټكټ (چي دنرخ دښودلو لپاره
Portuguese: etiqueta	Romanian: etichetă	Russian: бирка; ценник
Slovak: štítok, visačka	Slovenian: etiketa	Serbian: oznaka
Swedish: lapp, märke, etikett	Thai: แถบป้ายบอกข้อมูล	Turkish: etiket
Taiwanese: 標籤	Ukrainian: ярлик; етикетка	Urdu: ليبل
Vietnamese: nhãn (hàng, giá)	Chinese: 标签
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