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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TAG, n. [L. digitus.]
1. A metallic point put to the end of a string.
2. Something mean and paltry; as tag-rag people. [Vulgar.]
3. A young sheep. [Local.]
TAG, v.t. To fit with a point; as, to tag lace.
1. To fit one thing to another; to append to.
His courteous host
Tags every sentence with some fawning word.
2. To join or fasten.
TAG, n. A play in which the person gains who tags, that is, touches another. This was a common sport among boys in Connecticut formerly, and it may be still. The word is inserted here for the sake of the evidence it affords of the affinity of languages, and of the original orthography of the Latin tango, to touch, which was tago. This vulgar tag is the same word; the primitive word retained by the common people. It is used also as a verb, to tag. [See Touch.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

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

Merriam Webster's

abbreviation the adjutant general

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English tagge; akin to Middle Low German tagge, tacke twig, spike Date: 14th century 1. a loose hanging piece of cloth ; tatter 2. a metal or plastic binding on an end of a shoelace 3. a piece of hanging or attached material; specifically a loop, knot, or tassel on a garment 4. a. a brief quotation used for rhetorical emphasis or sententious effect b. a recurrent or characteristic verbal expression c. tagline 1 5. a. a cardboard, plastic, or metal marker used for identification or classification <license tags> b. a descriptive or identifying epithet c. something used for identification or location ; flag d. label 3d e. price tag f. an element of code in a computer document used especially to control format and layout or to establish a hyperlink 6. a detached fragmentary piece ; bit 7. a graffito in the form of an identifying name or symbol II. verb (tagged; tagging) Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to provide or mark with or as if with a tag: as a. to supply with an identifying marker or price <tagged every item in the store> <was tagged at $4.95> b. to provide with a name or epithet ; label, brand <tagged him a has-been> c. to put a ticket on (a motor vehicle) for a traffic violation d. to deface with a graffito usually in the form of the defacer's nickname 2. to attach as an addition ; append 3. to follow closely and persistently 4. to hold to account; especially to charge with violating the law <was tagged for…assault — Burt Woolis> 5. label 2 intransitive verb to keep close <tagging at their heels — Corey Ford> III. noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1738 1. a game in which the player who is it chases others and tries to touch one of them who then becomes it 2. an act or instance of tagging a runner in baseball IV. transitive verb (tagged; tagging) Date: 1878 1. a. to touch in or as if in a game of tag b. to put out (a runner) in baseball by a touch with the ball or the gloved hand containing the ball 2. to hit solidly 3. to choose usually for a special purpose ; select 4. to make a hit or run off (a pitcher) in baseball <the batter tagged him for a home run>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 a label, esp. one for tying on an object to show its address, price, etc. 2 a metal or plastic point at the end of a lace etc. to assist insertion. 3 a loop at the back of a boot used in pulling it on. 4 US a licence plate of a motor vehicle. 5 a loose or ragged end of anything. 6 a ragged lock of wool on a sheep. 7 Theatr. a closing speech addressed to the audience. 8 a trite quotation or stock phrase. 9 a the refrain of a song. b a musical phrase added to the end of a piece. 10 an animal's tail, or its tip. --v.tr. (tagged, tagging) 1 provide with a tag or tags. 2 (often foll. by on, on to) join or attach. 3 colloq. follow closely or trail behind. 4 Computing identify (an item of data) by its type for later retrieval. 5 label radioactively (see LABEL v. 3). 6 a find rhymes for (verses). b string (rhymes) together. 7 shear away tags from (sheep). Phrases and idioms: tag along (often foll. by with) go along or accompany passively. tag end esp. US the last remnant of something. Etymology: ME: orig. unkn. 2. n. & v. --n. 1 a children's game in which one chases the rest, and anyone who is caught then becomes the pursuer. 2 Baseball the act of tagging a runner. --v.tr. (tagged, tagging) 1 touch in a game of tag. 2 (often foll. by out) put (a runner) out by touching with the ball or with the hand holding the ball. Etymology: 18th c.: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tag Tag, n. [Probably akin to tack a small nail; cf. Sw. tagg a prickle, point, tooth.] 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.] Tag and rag, the lowest sort; the rabble. --Holinshed. 5. A sheep of the first year. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tag Tag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Tagging.] 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tag Tag, n. [From Tag, v.; cf. Tag, an end.] A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(tags, tagging, tagged) 1. A tag is a small piece of card or cloth which is attached to an object or person and has information about that object or person on it. Staff wore name tags. ...baggage tags. N-COUNT see also dog tag, price tag 2. An electronic tag is a device that is firmly attached to someone or something and sets off an alarm if that person or thing moves away or is removed. A hospital is to fit new-born babies with electronic tags to foil kidnappers... N-COUNT see also electronic tagging 3. If you tag something, you attach something to it or mark it so that it can be identified later. Professor Orr has developed interesting ways of tagging chemical molecules using existing laboratory lasers... VERB: V n 4. You can refer to a phrase that is used to describe someone or something as a tag. (JOURNALISM) In Britain, jazz is losing its elitist tag and gaining a much broader audience. = label N-COUNT: usu with supp 5. If you tag someone in a particular way, you keep describing them using a particular phrase or thinking of them as a particular thing. (JOURNALISM) ...the pundits were still tagging him with that age-old label, 'best of a bad bunch'... She has always lived in John's house and is still tagged 'Dad's girlfriend' by his children. = label VERB: V n with n, be V-ed n, also V n as n, V n 6. see also question tag

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. n. 1. Metal point (at the end of a string). 2. Label, card. 3. Cue, catchword. 4. Game of tag, tig. II. v. a. 1. Attach a tag to, fit with a tag. 2. Fasten, attach, append, affix, tack, join, add to.

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