'TAG' definitions:

Definition of 'tag'

(from WordNet)
noun
A label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc. [syn: tag, ticket]
noun
A label associated with something for the purpose of identification; "semantic tags were attached in order to identify different meanings of the word"
noun
A small piece of cloth or paper [syn: rag, shred, tag, tag end, tatter]
noun
A game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser
noun
(sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game)
verb
Attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles" [syn: tag, label, mark]
verb
Touch a player while he is holding the ball
verb
Provide with a name or nickname
verb
Go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" [syn: chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track]
verb
Supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes

Definition of 'Tag'

From: GCIDE
  • Tag \Tag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Tagging.]
  • 1. To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags. [1913 Webster]
  • He learned to make long-tagged thread laces. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • His courteous host . . . Tags every sentence with some fawning word. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To join; to fasten; to attach. --Bolingbroke. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tag'

From: GCIDE
  • Tag \Tag\, v. i. To follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a person. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tag'

From: GCIDE
  • Tag \Tag\, n. [From Tag, v.; cf. Tag, an end.] A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tag'

From: GCIDE
  • Tag \Tag\, n. [Probably akin to tack a small nail; cf. Sw. tagg a prickle, point, tooth.]
  • 1. Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Something mean and paltry; the rabble. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Tag and rag, the lowest sort; the rabble. --Holinshed. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A sheep of the first year. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'tag'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Acronyms for 'tag'

From: V.E.R.A.
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