Definitions for TAG
tægtag

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tag, ticketnoun

   a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.

2. tagnoun

   a label associated with something for the purpose of identification

   "semantic tags were attached in order to identify different meanings of the word"

3. rag, shred, tag, tag end, tatternoun

   a small piece of cloth or paper

4. tagnoun

   a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser

5. tagverb

   (sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game)

6. tag, label, markverb

   attach a tag or label to

   "label these bottles"

7. tagverb

   touch a player while he is holding the ball

8. tagverb

   provide with a name or nickname

9. chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, trackverb

   go after with the intent to catch

   "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"

10. tagverb

    supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tagnoun

   A small label.

2. tagnoun

   A game played by two or more children in which one child (known as "it") attempts to catch one of the others, who then becomes "it".

3. tagnoun

   A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.

4. tagnoun

   A type of cardboard.

5. tagnoun

   Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the person who makes the graffiti.

6. tagnoun

   A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.

7. tagnoun

   An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said").

8. tagnoun

   a vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data (animals, soldiers).

9. tagnoun

   An instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.

   The tag was applied at second for the final out.

10. tagverb

    To label (something).

11. tagverb

    To mark (something) with one's tag.

12. tagverb

    To remove dung tags from a sheep.

    Regularly tag the rear ends of your sheep.

13. tagverb

    To hit the ball hard.

    He really tagged that ball.

14. tagverb

    To put a runner out by touching them with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.

    He tagged the runner for the out.

15. tagverb

    To mark with a tag (metadata for classification).

    I am tagging my music files by artist and genre.

16. tagnoun

    A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.

    The tag provides a title for the Web page.

17. tagnoun

    A piece of text which is worded like an element of a markup language to provide context.

    The tag conveys sarcasm.

18. tagnoun

    A keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information enabling keyword-based classification; often used to categorize content.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tagnoun

   Etymology: tag, Islandish, the point of a lance.

   1. A point of metal put to the end of a string.2. Any thing paltry and mean.

   If tag and rag be admitted, learned and unlearned, it is the fault of some, not of the law. John Whitgift.

   Will you hence
   Before the tag return, whose rage doth rend
   Like interrupted waters. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   The tag-rag people did not clap him and hiss him. William Shakespeare.

   He invited tag, rag, and bob-tail, to the wedding. Roger L'Estrange.

2. To Tagverb

   Etymology: from the noun.

   1. To fit any thing with an end: as, to tag a lace.2. To append one thing to another.

   His courteous host
   Tags every sentence with some fawning word,
   Such as my king, my prince, at least my lord. Dryden.

   ’Tis tagg’d with rhyme, like Berecynthian Atys,
   The mid-part chimes with art, which never flat is. Dryden.

   3. The word is here improperly used.

   Compell’d by you to tag in rhimes
   The common slanders of the times. Jonathan Swift.

   4. To join: this is properly to tack.

   Resistance, and the succession of the house of Hanover, the whig writers perpetually tag together. Jonathan Swift, Miscel.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tag

   A tag is a keyword or term assigned to a piece of information, such as a digital image, video, audio file or a website, that describes it in some way and allows it to be found again by browsing or searching. Tags are generally informal and personally meaningful to the user, and they are typically used in digital platforms such as social media, blogs, and websites to categorize content for easy retrieval. It can also refer to a small piece of code inserted in a web page used for tracking or analytical purposes.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tagnoun

   any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label

2. Tagnoun

   a metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it

3. Tagnoun

   the end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue

4. Tagnoun

   something mean and paltry; the rabble

5. Tagnoun

   a sheep of the first year

6. Tagnoun

   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. Tagverb

   to fit with, or as with, a tag or tags

8. Tagverb

   to join; to fasten; to attach

9. Tagverb

   to follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play

10. Tagverb

    to follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a person

11. Tag

    a child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Tag

   tag, n. a tack or point of metal at the end of a string: any small thing tacked or attached to another: any pendant or appendage, the tip of an animal's tail: the rabble collectively, anything mean.—v.t. to fit a tag or point to: to tack, fasten, or hang to: to dog or follow closely.—v.i. to make tags, to string words or ideas together: to go behind as a follower:—pr.p. tag′ging; pa.t. and pa.p. tagged.—ns. Tag′-end, a loosely connected end, the concluding part; Tag′ger, anything that tags, an appendage.—n.pl. Tag′gers, thin sheet-iron.—n. and adj. Tag′rag, a fluttering rag, a tatter: the rabble, or denoting it—the same as Rag-tag, often in phrase Tagrag and bobtail.—ns. Tag′-sore, a disease in sheep, in which, the tail is excoriated through diarrhœa; Tag′-tail, a worm with a tail like a tag: a hanger-on, parasite. [A weaker form of tack.]

2. Tag

   tag, n. a children's game in which the object is for the player to chase the rest until he touches one, who then takes his place as Tagg′ger.—v.t. to touch or hit in this game.

Rap DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. tagnoun

   A persons graffiti nickname.

2. tagnoun

   The act of writing graffiti on an object (tagging up). An electronic device used by British police, it's fitted onto the ankle and informs the police when you don't abide by a given curfew. It works in conjunction with another device fitted by the front door of where you are staying.

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1. TAG

   What does TAG stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the TAG acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. TAG

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Tag is ranked #78316 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Tag surname appeared 244 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Tag.
   
   89.7% or 219 total occurrences were White.
   5.7% or 14 total occurrences were Asian.
   2.4% or 6 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Attach
   • Baseball
   • Child's Game
   • Label
   • Name
   • Piece Of Cloth
   • Poetry
   • Rhyme
   • Touch

Anagrams for TAG »

1. gat

2. GTA

3. TGA

How to pronounce TAG?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say TAG in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of TAG in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of TAG in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of TAG in a Sentence

1. Kirsten Powers:

   Because the price tag has come down substantially, and at this point there is no reason for Joe Manchin to believe that this entire bill should be written to his specifications as if the only opinion that matters is his.

2. Lawrence Summers:

   Suppose this required testing every American every week and that each test cost $20, the $6.6billion price tag would be less than one-tenth of the weekly cost of the Cares Act.

3. James Leibold:

   One of the big concerns I have with this draft counter-terrorism bill is that the definition of terrorism is quite vague and open-ended and if we look at how Chinese officials and the media have used the terrorism tag in the past, it's chiefly applied to the Uyghurs as well as the Tibetans.

4. Elizabeth Hyde:

   Designing a tag for an otter is very different than normal electronics enclosures, not only do you have the rigors of a marine environment to deal with, but also the unique anatomy and behavior of the otters as well.

5. Tiffany Crutcher:

   I saw Trayvon Martin. I saw Mike Brown. I saw Philando Castile. I saw Tamir Rice, but never in a thousand years... would we have thought that we would be on their side of it. And my brother now, according to social media, is another hash tag.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=TAG
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Tag
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=TAG
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/TAG
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=TAG
7. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html