tag line

tag line

also tag·line  (tăg′līn′)

n.

1. An often repeated phrase associated with an individual, organization, or commercial product; a slogan.

2. An ending line, as in a play or joke, that makes a point.

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tag line

n

1. (Journalism & Publishing) an amusing or memorable phrase designed to catch attention in an advertisement

2. another name for punch line

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tag′ line`

or tag′line`,

n.

1. the last line of a play, story, etc., used to clarify or dramatize a point.

2. a catchword or slogan.

[1935–40]

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Noun

1.

tag line - the point of a joke or humorous story gag line, punch line, laugh line gag, jape, jest, joke, laugh - a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point" line - text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen; "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza"

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