Tag

[tæg] or [tæɡ]

Definition

(noun.) (sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game).

(noun.) a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser.

(noun.) a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc..

(noun.) a label associated with something for the purpose of identification; 'semantic tags were attached in order to identify different meanings of the word'.

(verb.) provide with a name or nickname.

(verb.) attach a tag or label to; 'label these bottles'.

(verb.) touch a player while he is holding the ball.

(verb.) supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes.

Editor: Ozzie--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.

(n.) A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.

(n.) The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.

(n.) Something mean and paltry; the rabble.

(n.) A sheep of the first year.

(n.) 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.

(v. t.) To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags.

(v. t.) To join; to fasten; to attach.

(v. t.) To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play.

(v. i.) To follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a person.

(v.) A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched.

Editor: Paula

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Metal point (at the end of a string).[2]. Label, card.[3]. Cue, catchword.[4]. Game of tag.

v. a. [1]. Attach a tag to, fit with a tag.[2]. Fasten, attach, append, affix, tack.

Inputed by Heinrich

Definition

n. a children's game in which the object is for the player to chase the rest until he touches one who then takes his place as Tagg′ger.—v.t. to touch or hit in this game.

n. a tack or point of metal at the end of a string: any small thing tacked or attached to another: any pendant or appendage the tip of an animal's tail: the rabble collectively anything mean.—v.t. to fit a tag or point to: to tack fasten or hang to: to dog or follow closely.—v.i. to make tags to string words or ideas together: to go behind as a follower:—pr.p. tag′ging; pa.t. and pa.p. tagged.—ns. Tag′-end a loosely connected end the concluding part; Tag′ger anything that tags an appendage.—n.pl. Tag′gers thin sheet-iron.—n. and adj. Tag′rag a fluttering rag a tatter: the rabble or denoting it—the same as Rag-tag often in phrase Tagrag and bobtail.—ns. Tag′-sore a disease in sheep in which the tail is excoriated through diarrhœa; Tag′-tail a worm with a tail like a tag: a hanger-on parasite.

Editor: Verna