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tag
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tag 1  (tg)
n.
1. A strip of leather, paper, metal, or plastic attached to something or hung from a wearer's neck to identify, classify, or label: sale tags on all coats and dresses.
2. The plastic or metal tip at the end of a shoelace.
3. The contrastingly colored tip of an animal's tail.
4. Sports A bright piece of feather, floss, or tinsel surrounding the shank of the hook on a fishing fly.
5.
a. A dirty, matted lock of wool.
b. A loose lock of hair.
6. A rag; a tatter.
7. A small, loose fragment: I heard only tags and snippets of what was being said.
8. An ornamental flourish, especially at the end of a signature.
9. A designation or an epithet, especially an unwelcome one: He did not take kindly to the tag of pauper.
10.
a. A brief quotation used in a discourse to give it an air of erudition or authority: Shakespearean tags.
b. A cliché, saw, or similar short, conventional idea used to embellish a discourse: These tags of wit and wisdom bore me.
c. The refrain or last lines of a song or poem.
d. The closing lines of a speech in a play; a cue.
11. Computer Science
a. A label assigned to identify data in memory.
b. A sequence of characters in a markup language used to provide information, such as formatting specifications, about a document.
12. Slang A graffito featuring a word or words, especially the author's name, rather than a picture: "Instead of a cursive linear tag, Super Kool painted his name along the exterior of a subway car in huge block pink and yellow letters" Eric Scigliano.
v. tagged, tag·ging, tags
v.tr.
1. To label, identify, or recognize with or as if with a tag: I tagged him as a loser. See Synonyms at mark1.
2. To put a ticket on (a motor vehicle) for a traffic or parking violation.
3. To charge with a crime: The suspect was tagged for arson.
4. To add as an appendage to: tagged an extra paragraph on the letter.
5. To follow closely: Excited children tagged the circus parade to the end of its route.
6. To cut the tags from (sheep).
7. To add a taggant to: explosives that were tagged with coded microscopic bits of plastic.
8. To mark or vandalize (a surface) with graffiti: tagged the subway walls.
v.intr.
To follow after; accompany: tagged after me everywhere; insisted on tagging along.

[Middle English tagge, dangling piece of cloth on a garment, possibly of Scandinavian origin.]

tagger n.

tag 2  (tg)
n.
1. Games A children's game in which one player pursues the others until he or she is able to touch one of them, who then in turn becomes the pursuer.
2. Baseball The act of putting out a base runner who is not on a base by touching that player with the ball.
3. Sports The act of touching a player as a substitute for tackling in touch football.
tr.v. tagged, tag·ging, tags
1. To touch (another player) in the game of tag.
2. Baseball To touch (a base runner) with the ball in order to put that player out.
3. Sports To touch (the runner) as a substitute for tackling in touch football.
Phrasal Verb:
tag up Baseball
To return to and touch a base with one foot before running to the next base after a fielder has caught a fly ball.

[Perhaps variant of Scots tig, touch, tap, probably alteration of Middle English tek.]

tag 1
Noun
1. a piece of paper, leather, etc., for attaching to something as a mark or label: the price tag
2. a point of metal or plastic at the end of a cord or lace
3. a brief trite quotation
4. an electronic device worn by a prisoner under house arrest so that his or her movements can be monitored
5. Slang a graffito consisting of a nickname or personal symbol
Verb
[tagging, tagged]
to mark with a tag
See also tag along, tag on [origin unknown]

tag 2
Noun
a children's game in which one player chases the others in an attempt to touch one of them, who will then become the chaser
Verb
[tagging, tagged]
to catch and touch (another child) in the game of tag Also: (tig) [origin unknown]

tag  (tg)
A sequence of characters in a markup language used to provide information, such as formatting specifications, about a document. Tags are enclosed in a pair of angle brackets that indicate to the browser how the text is to be displayed.

Tag the rabble; the lowest class of the populace, 1607. See also rag-tag.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.tagtag - a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
label - an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object
dog tag - metal plate on a dog collar bearing its registration number
dog tag - military identification tag worn on a chain around the neck
name tag - a tag showing the name of the person who wears it
price tag - a tag showing the price of the article it is attached to
2.tag - a label associated with something for the purpose of identification; "semantic tags were attached in order to identify different meanings of the word"
label - an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object
3.tagtag - a small piece of cloth or paper      
piece of cloth, piece of material - a separate part consisting of fabric
pine-tar rag - baseball equipment consisting of a rag soaked with pine tar; used on the handle of a baseball bat to give a batter a firm grip
4.tag - a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser
tag - (sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game)
child's game - a game enjoyed by children
5.tag - (sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game)
touching, touch - the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights"
baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
tag - a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser
Verb1.tag - attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles"
mark - make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads"
attach - cause to be attached
brandmark, trademark, brand - mark with a brand or trademark; "when this product is not branded it sells for a lower price"
point - mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
point - mark with diacritics; "point the letter"
point - mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
calibrate - mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units; "he calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale"
code - attach a code to; "Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later"
badge - put a badge on; "The workers here must be badged"
2.tag - touch a player while he is holding the ball
baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
touch - make physical contact with, come in contact with; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband"
nab - tag the base runner to get him out
3.tag - provide with a name or nickname
call, name - assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader"
4.tagtag - go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"
tree - chase an animal up a tree; "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels"
pursue, follow - follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"
quest - search the trail of (game); "The dog went off and quested"
hound, hunt, trace - pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found him"
run down - pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive"
tag along - go along with, often uninvited; "my younger brother often tagged along when I went out with my friends"
5.tag - supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes
poesy, poetry, verse - literature in metrical form
rhyme, rime - compose rhymes

tag
Translations

tag [tæg] n (= label) → etiqueta;
price/name tag → etiqueta del precio/con el nombre
tag along vi to tag along with sb → engancharse a algn
tag [tæg] nétiquette f;
price/name tag → étiquette (portant le prix/le nom)
tag along visuivre
tag [tæg] n (label) → Anhänger m;
price/name tag → Preis-/Namensschild nt;
(electronic) tag → (elektronische) Fußfessel f
tag along tag visich anschließen
tag [tæg] netichetta;
price/name tag → etichetta del prezzo/con il nome
tag along viseguire

tag
n tag [tӕg]
1 a label a price-tag; a name-tag. merker لاصِقَه، بِطاقَه етикет štítek, visačka seddel; -seddel das Etikett ετικέτα etiqueta lipik برچسب lappu étiquette תַווִית लेबल etiketa, privješena cedulja cédula, címke label miði, merki etichetta, targhetta 꼬리표 etiketė, kortelė etiķete; birka; firmas zīme tanda; teg etiket etikett, (pris-/navne)lapp etykieta, przywieszka etiqueta etichetă бирка; ценник štítok, visačka etiketa oznaka lapp, märke, etikett แถบป้ายบอกข้อมูล etiket 標簽 ярлик; етикетка ليبل nhãn (hàng, giá)
2 a saying or quotation that is often repeated a well-known Latin tag. spreuk كَلام مأثور يُسْتَشْهَد بِه клише rčení, citát talemåde; citat bekanntes Zitat τετριμμένη φράση, ρητό cita; coletilla, muletilla kõnekäänd اصطلاح sanonta cliché צִטָטָה प्रचलित मुहावरा otrcan citat, izreka elcsépelt szólás klise (útþvæld) tilvitnun, tugga citazione きまり文句 판에 박힌 인용 어구 posakis teiciens; citāts petikan gemeenplaats fast uttrykk; velkjent sitat sentencja citação clişeu избитая фраза fráza, citát rek izreka kliché, sentens สำนวนหรือประโยค sıkça yinelenen söz, klişe 口頭禪 заяложена фраза مقولہ، محاورہ câu nói được nhắc đi nhắc lại
3 something small that is added on or attached a question-tag such as `isn't it?' refrein إضافَه допълнение poutko; čudlík tillæg der Zusatz ερωτηματική φράση στο τέλος πρότασης cabo saba, märgend آویزه؛ ضمیمه liitekysymys bout תָג जोड़ी जा सकने वाली कोई छोटी चीज dodatak (pitanju), uzrečica utókérdés tambahan viðkvæði appendice, aggiunta 付加疑問 부전; 덧붙이는 문구 priedas piebilde soalan tempelan aanhangsel tillegg; vedlegg dodatek apêndice adaos добавление, приложение pútko; krátka otázka pristavek, privesek; vprašalna fraza fraza bihang, påhäng คำลงท้าย 'değil mi?' li soru cümlesi 附加句 додаток تتمہ thứ nhỏ được gắn thêm vào
4 a children's game in which one player chases the others and tries to touch one of them to play tag. aan-aan إمْسِكْني: لُعْبَة أطْفال гоненица hra na honěnou tagfat das Fangen κυνηγητό que te corre pillo kullimäng گرگم به هوا jeu du chat perché “תוֹפֶסֶת” बच्चों का एक खेल dječja igra lovice fogócska permainan kejar-kejaran chiapparello 鬼ごっこ liestynės ´sunīšu´ rotaļa main kejar-kejar tikkertje sisten (lek) [] w łapanego салки naháňačka, chytačka lovljenje igra šuge tafatt การเล่นไล่จับของเด็ก 'elim sende' oyunu 追人游戲 гра в квача بچوں کا ايک کھيل trò chơi đuổi bắt
vpast tense, past participle tagged
to put a tag or label on something All the clothes have been tagged. gemerk يُلْصِق بِطاقَة أسْعار маркирам přivěsit visačku mærke etikettieren,auszeichnen περνώ ετικέτα etiquetar; marcar märgistama, märgendama برچسب زدن به varustaa lapulla marquer, étiqueter לְהַצמִיד תַווִית ל- बांधना etiketirati, obilježiti robu cédulát tesz vmire; címkéz memasang label merkja etichettare 札をつける 꼬리표를 달다 (kam) pritvirtinti etiketę/kortelę pielikt etiķeti/birku meletakkan tanda harga etiketteren merke (med etikett/prislapp) znakować, etykietować etiquetar a pune/a ataşa o etichetă прикреплять бирку pripevniť visačku etiketirati staviti nalepnicu sätta lapp (märke, etikett) på, märka ติดป้าย etiket takmak 加標簽于...上 причіплювати ярлик نشان لگانا، ليبل لگانا khâu, đính ...上
tag along
to follow or go (with someone), often when one is not wanted We never get away from him – everywhere we go, he insists on tagging along (with us)! saamgaan, saamkom يَلْحَق شَخْصا آخر دون أن يكونَ مَرْغوبا мъкна се с přidat se k hæfte sig på hinterherlaufen ακολουθώ κατά πόδας pegar(se) a alguien sabas jõlkuma, kannul käima دنبال کسی یا چیزی رفتن؛ تعقیب کردن roikkua kannoilla suivre, traîner derrière לָלֶכֶת אַחֲרֵי- का साथ देना, के पीछे चलना slijediti, vući se za kime lóg vkin menguntit fylgja á eftir aggregarsi, accodarsi つきまとう 붙어다니다 vilktis iš paskos sekot; vilkties līdz (kādam) mengekori achternalopen henge seg noen chodzić jak cień (za) andar atrás (de) a se ţine după следовать по пятам pridať sa k slediti kot senca prilepiti se hänga i hälarna ติดตาม peşine takılmak (令人討厭的)追隨 іти назирці کسي کي مرضي کے خلاف کسي کے ساتھ جانا bám đuôi (令
tag on
1 (usually with at or to) to attach (something) to something These comments weren't part of his speech – he just tagged them on at the end. aanlas يُلْصِق، يَزيد прикрепвам dostatečně připojit tilføje anhängen (προσ)κολλώ añadir külge kinnitama, lisama افزودن؛ وصل کردن lisätä ajouter (après coup) (à) לְצַרֵף जोड़ देना dodati, nadovezati hozzáfűz vmit vmihez menambahkan bæta við aggiungere つけ足す ...을 덧붙이다 pridėti, pridurti pievienot; pielikt menambahkan vastknopen feste , føye til przyczepiać acrescentar a adăuga добавлять dodatočne pripojiť dodati nadovezati se lägga till, tillfoga เติม eklemek 附加 додавати شامل کرنا gắn thêm vào
2 to follow (someone) closely The child always tags on to his elder brother. volg يَتْبَع عَن قُرْب следвам jít v patách rende i hælene hinterherlaufen ακολουθώ κατά πόδας ir pisando los talones a alguien, de cerca seguir, ir pegado a alguien (kellegi) sabas käima دنبال کسی یا چیزی رفتن seurata kuin hai laivaa coller aux talons de לָלֶכֶת אַחֲרֵי - नकल करना slijediti, zalijepiti se za koga lóg vkin mengikuti elta aggregarsi, accodarsi つきまとう 바싹 따라다니다 sekioti sekot pa pēdām mengekori rapat di blkg achternalopen traske i hælene nie opuszczać na krok grudar-se em a se ţine după следовать по пятам ísť v pätách biti za petami slediti hänga i hälarna ติด peşinden gitmek 尾隨 причіплюватися; іти назирці پيچھے پيچے چلنا bám theo


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