Tag Definition
tăg
tagged, tagging, tags
noun
tags
A hard-tipped end, as of metal, on a cord or lace, to give stiffness for drawing through holes; aglet.
Webster's New World
A card, ticket, plastic marker, etc. tied or attached to something as a label or worn as identification, etc.
A price tag, a name tag.
Webster's New World
The contrastingly colored tip of an animal's tail.
American Heritage
A hanging end or rag, as on a torn skirt.
Webster's New World
A piece of bright material tied next to the fly on a fishhook.
Webster's New World
verb
tagged, tagging, tags
To provide with a tag; fasten a tag to; label.
Webster's New World
To follow close behind a person or thing.
Webster's New World
To apply a descriptive name to; call by an epithet.
Webster's New World
To overtake and touch in or as in the game of tag.
Webster's New World
To touch (a ball carrier) to end a play in touch football.
American Heritage
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abbreviation
The Adjutant General.
American Heritage
idiom
tag up
- to return to the base and touch it before taking another lead or running
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Tag
Origin of Tag
Middle English dangling piece of cloth on a garment possibly of Scandinavian origin Swedish tagg prickle, thorn
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Middle English dangling piece of cloth on a garment possibly of Scandinavian origin Swedish tagg prickle, thorn
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Perhaps variant of Scots tig touch, tap probably alteration of Middle English tek
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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