tag
tag&+{1}
[tæɡ]
n
a piece or strip of paper, plastic, leather, etc, for attaching to something by one end as a mark or label
a price tag
Also called: electronic tag an electronic device worn, usually on the wrist or ankle, by an offender serving a noncustodial sentence, which monitors the offender's whereabouts by means of a link to a central computer through the telephone system
a small piece of material hanging from or loosely attached to a part or piece
a point of metal or other hard substance at the end of a cord, lace, etc, to prevent it from fraying and to facilitate threading
an epithet or verbal appendage, the refrain of a song, the moral of a fable, etc
a brief quotation, esp one in a foreign language
his speech was interlarded with Horatian tags
a clause added on to another clause to invite the hearer's agreement or conversational cooperation. Tags are usually in the form of a question with a pronoun as subject, the antecedent of which is the subject of the main clause; as isn't it in the bread is on the table, isn't it?.a linguistic item added on to a sentence but not forming part of it, as John in are you there, John?
an ornamental flourish as at the end of a signature
the contrastingly coloured tip to an animal's tail
a matted lock of wool or hair
a strand of tinsel, wire, etc, tied to the body of an artificial fly
a graffito consisting of a nickname or personal symbol
vb
to mark with a tag
to monitor the whereabouts of (an offender) by means of an electronic tag
to add or append as a tag
to supply (prose or blank verse) with rhymes
to trail (behind)
many small boys tagged on behind the procession
to name or call (someone something)
they tagged him Lanky
to cut the tags of wool or hair from (an animal)
to paint one's tag on (a building, wall, etc)
tag
tag&+{2}
[tæɡ]
n
Also called: tig a children's game in which one player chases the others in an attempt to catch one of them who will then become the chaser
the act of tagging one's partner in tag wrestling
denoting or relating to a wrestling contest between two teams of two wrestlers, in which only one from each team may be in the ring at one time. The contestant outside the ring may change places with his team-mate inside the ring after touching his hand
vb
to catch (another child) in the game of tag
(in tag wrestling) to touch the hand of (one's partner)
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