Definitions for TAG

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TAG tag

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IPA: /tæg/

Tag is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 15 anagrams from letters in TAG (agt).

Definitions for TAG

noun

1. a piece or strip of strong paper, plastic, metal, leather, etc., for attaching by one end to something as a mark or label:
2. any small hanging or loosely attached part or piece; tatter.
3. a loop of material sewn on a garment so that it can be hung up.
4. a metal or plastic tip at the end of a shoelace, cord, or the like.
5. a license plate for a motor vehicle.
6. Angling. a small piece of tinsel or the like tied to the shank of a hook at the body of an artificial fly.
7. the tail end or concluding part, as of a proceeding.
8. the last words of a speech, scene, act, etc., as in a play; a curtain line.
9. Digital Technology. Also called sentinel. a symbol, mark, or other labeling device indicating the beginning or end of a unit of information. Also called markup tag. such a label or string of characters within angle brackets, used to specify format, structure, or style in an electronic document or web page. Also called semantic tag. such a label taking the form of a keyword or short phrase, used to classify or organize digital data, aid online searches, etc.
10. an addition to a speech or writing, as the moral of a fable.
11. a quotation added for special effect.
12. a descriptive word or phrase applied to a person, group, organization, etc., as a label or means of identification; epithet.
13. a trite phrase or saying; cliché.
14. Slang. a person's name, nickname, initials, monogram, or symbol.
15. tag question (def 1).
16. a traffic ticket.
17. a curlicue in writing.
18. a lock of hair.
19. a matted lock of wool on a sheep.
20. Fox Hunting. the white tip of the tail of a fox.
21. Obsolete. the rabble.
22. a children's game in which one player chases the others in an effort to touch one of them, who then takes the role of pursuer.
23. Baseball. an act or instance of tagging a base runner.

Verb phrases

1. tag up, Baseball. (of a base runner) to touch the base occupied before attempting to advance a base, after the catch of a fly ball:

verb (used with object)

1. to furnish with a tag or tags; attach a tag to.
2. to append as a tag, addition, or afterthought to something else.
3. to attach or give an epithet to; label.
4. to accuse of a violation, especially of a traffic law; give a traffic ticket to:
5. to hold answerable or accountable for something; attach blame to:
6. to set a price on; fix the cost of:
7. to write graffiti on.
8. Informal. to follow closely:
9. to remove the tags of wool from (a sheep).
10. to touch in or as if in the game of tag.
11. Baseball. to touch (a base runner) with the ball held in the hand or glove. to hit (a pitched ball) solidly. to make a number of hits or runs as specified in batting against (a pitcher):
12. Boxing. to strike (an opponent) with a powerful blow.

verb (used without object)

1. to follow closely; go along or about as a follower:
2. to write graffiti.

Origin of TAG

1375-1425; late Middle English tagge (noun); cognate with Middle Low German, Norwegian tagge, Swedish tagg pointed protruding part; akin to tack¹

Examples for TAG

Surprise, surprise: those who like, tag, and share the most are more lonely and unhappy than the rest of us.

Zylka was never had ambitions of acting growing up, preferring instead to play football and tag graffiti.

This sketch should be made on the tag which is tied to the battery.

Jon thumbed the tag out of his waist slot and handed it across the desk.

Miyazaki is frank in his interviews with Sunada, whom he allows to tag along to his studio, his garden, and his private atelier.

The game is to tag the other canoe by throwing this into it.

“The Bolsheviks” were a tag team in the latter part of the decade, with one from Croatia and the other from America.

He laid his hand on the blanket from which he had picked the tag.

It must be something to which you can tag Berkeley Square, or Belgravia.

And there, the sand castle builder and tag player who loved her aunt more than science would be buried.