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Tag

noun
/teɪɡ/
Word Frequency: 6.4

Definitions

1.nounA small label.
2.nounA children's chasing game in which one player (known as "it") attempts to touch another, who then becomes "it".
3.nounA skin tag, an excrescence of skin.
4.nounA type of cardboard.
5.nounGraffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the artist.
6.nounA dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.
7.noun(authorship) An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said") or attributed words (e.g. "he thought").
8.nounThe last line (or last two lines) of a song's chorus that is repeated to indicate the end of the song.
9.nounThe last scene of a TV program that often focuses on the program's subplot.
10.nounA vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data (animals, soldiers).
"The subwoofer in the trunk was so loud, it vibrated the tag like an aluminum can."
11.nounAn instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand to rule him "out."
"The tag was applied at second for the final out."
12.nounA piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.
"The tag conveys sarcasm in Internet slang."
13.nounA keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information enabling keyword-based classification; often used to categorize content.
"I want to add genre and artist tags to the files in my music collection."
14.nounAny slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely.
15.nounA metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
16.nounThe end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
17.nounSomething mean and paltry; the rabble.
18.nounA sheep in its first year.
19.nounAny short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins mostly in order to help purify, solubilize or visualize these proteins.
20.nounA person's name.
"What's your tag?"
21.verbTo label (something).
22.verb(graffiti) To mark (something) with one’s tag.
23.verbTo remove dung tags from a sheep.
"Regularly tag the rear ends of your sheep."
24.verbTo hit the ball hard.
"He really tagged that ball."
25.verbTo put a runner out by touching them with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.
"He tagged the runner for the out."
26.verbTo mark with a tag (metadata for classification).
"I am tagging my music files by artist and genre."
27.verbTo follow closely, accompany, tag along.
28.verbTo catch and touch (a player in the game of tag).
29.verbTo fit with, or as if with, a tag or tags.
30.verbTo fasten; to attach.

Synonyms

dialogue tagspeech tagtag linelabelmarktrailchasego aftertag enddogshredchase after

Antonyms

cold open

Rhymes With

gagdragsnagslagshagstagscragbag
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