tag Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
    ticket.
  2. noun a label associated with something for the purpose of identification
    • semantic tags were attached in order to identify different meanings of the word
  3. noun a small piece of cloth or paper
    rag; tatter; shred; tag end.
  4. noun a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser
  5. noun (sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game)
  6. verb attach a tag or label to
    mark; label.
    • label these bottles
  7. verb touch a player while he is holding the ball
  8. verb provide with a name or nickname
  9. verb go after with the intent to catch
    go after; chase after; track; dog; trail; tail; give chase; chase.
    • The policeman chased the mugger down the alley
    • the dog chased the rabbit
  10. verb supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes

WordNet

Tag noun
Etymology
Probably akin to tack a small nail; cf. Sw. tagg a prickle, point, tooth.
Definitions
  1. Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.
  2. A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
  3. The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
  4. Something mean and paltry; the rabble. Obs.
  5. A sheep of the first year. Prov. Eng. Halliwell. Tag sale. [From the price tag usually attached to each item] 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. Frequently it is held in the private home or in a yard attached to a private home belonging to the seller. Similar to a yard sale or garage sale. Compare flea market, where used items are sold by many individuals in a place rented for the purpose.
Tag transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Tagged ; present participle & verbal noun Tagging
Definitions
  1. To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags.
    He learned to make long-tagged thread laces. Macaulay.
    His courteous host . . . Tags every sentence with some fawning word. Dryden.
  2. To join; to fasten; to attach. Bolingbroke.
  3. To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play.
Tag intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a person.
Tag noun
Etymology
From Tag, v.; cf. Tag, an end.
Definitions
  1. A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched.

Webster 1913