transitive verb tagged, tagging
- to provide with a tag; fasten a tag to; label
- to identify by an epithet
- to choose or select
- to end (a speech, story, etc.) with a tag
- ☆ to overtake and touch in or as in the game of tag
- ☆ to print (a postage stamp) with luminescent ink so that ultraviolet light can locate the stamp for cancellation and sorting: chiefly in the past participle
- Informal to strike or hit hard
- Informal to follow close behind
- ☆ Informal
- to put a parking ticket on (a vehicle)
- to charge with lawbreaking: he was tagged for speeding
- ☆ Baseball to touch (a base runner) with the ball or to touch (a base) with the ball or while holding the ball, with the aim of putting the runner out
intransitive verb
Informal to follow close behind a person or thing: usually with along, after, etc.