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Definition of 'tag'Etymology 1
Noun
( en-noun)
A small label.
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".
A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.
A type of cardboard.
Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the person who makes the graffiti.
A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.
An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said").
(chiefly|US) a vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data (animals, soldiers).
(baseball) 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.
(computing) A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.
- The
</code> <strong>tag </strong> provides a title for the Web page. </em> </dd></dl>
<dl><dd><em>The <code><sarcasm></code> <strong>tag </strong> conveys sarcasm in Internet slang. </em> </dd></dl>
<li> (computing) A keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information enabling keyword-based classification; often used to categorize content. </li>
<dl><dd><em>I want to add genre and artist <strong>tags </strong> to the files in my music collection. </em> </dd></dl>
<li> Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely. </li>
<li> A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it. </li>
<li> The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue. </li>
<li> Something mean and paltry; the rabble. </li>
<li> A sheep in its first year. </li>
<dl><dd>(<i>Halliwell</i>) </dd></dl>
<li> (<i>lb</i>) Any short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins mostly in order to help purify, solubilize or visualize these proteins. </li>
</div><div class='fourth-Verb'><h4>Verb</h4>
(<i>tagg</i>)
<li> To label (something). </li>
<li> (graffiti) To mark (something) with one’s tag. </li>
<li> To remove dung tags from a sheep. </li>
<dl><dd><em>Regularly <strong>tag </strong> the rear ends of your sheep. </em> </dd></dl>
<li> (transitive|baseball|colloquial) To hit the ball hard. </li>
<dl><dd><em>He really <strong>tagged </strong> that ball. </em> </dd></dl>
<li> (baseball) To put a runner out by touching them with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand. </li>
<dl><dd><em>He <strong>tagged </strong> the runner for the out. </em> </dd></dl>
<li> (computing) To mark with a tag (metadata for classification). </li>
<dl><dd><em>I am <strong>tagging </strong> my music files by artist and genre. </em> </dd></dl>
<li> To follow closely, accompany, tag along. </li>
<li>* <strong>1906 </strong>, O. Henry, <em> </em> </li>
<dl><dd><i>A tall young man came striding through the park along the path near which she sat. Behind him <strong>tagged </strong> a boy carrying a suit-case. </i></dd></dl>
<li> To catch and touch (a player in the game of tag). </li>
<li> To fit with, or as if with, a tag or tags. </li>
<li>* Macaulay </li>
<dl><dd><i>He learned to make long-<strong>tagged </strong> thread laces. </i></dd></dl>
<li>* Dryden </li>
<dl><dd><i>His courteous host / <strong>Tags </strong> every sentence with some fawning word. </i></dd></dl>
<li> To fasten; to attach. </li>
<dl><dd>(<i>Bolingbroke</i>) </dd></dl>
</div><div class='fifth-Derived terms'><h5>Derived terms</h5>
* tag along
* tag cloud
* tag end
(<i><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary<li>rel-mid3">rel-mid3</a></i>) </li>
* !
* tag out
(<i><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary<li>rel-mid3">rel-mid3</a></i>) </li>
* phone tag
* telephone tag
(<i><a href="http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary<li>rel-bottom">rel-bottom</a></i>) </li>
</div><div class='third-Etymology 2'><h3>Etymology 2</h3>
From (<i>etyl</i>) .
</div><div class='fourth-Noun'><h4>Noun</h4>
(<i>tagin</i>)
<li> A decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls. </li>
</div><div class='third-Anagrams'><h3>Anagrams</h3>
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<h2>Similar to <strong>'tag'</strong></h2><a href='/twig'>twig</a>, <a href='/tog'>tog</a>, <a href='/thug'>thug</a>, <a href='/tig'>tig</a>, <a href='/tug'>tug</a>, <a href='/teg'>teg</a>, <a href='/thig'>thig</a>, <a href='/taig'>taig</a>, <a href='/tegg'>tegg</a>
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