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tag
(t/&/g )

noun (n)

  • a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.(noun.communication)
    Synonym:
    ticket
    source: wordnet30
  • a label associated with something for the purpose of identification(noun.communication)
    Example:
    Semantic tags were attached in order to identify different meanings of the word.
    source: wordnet30
  • a small piece of cloth or paper(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    rag, shred, tag end, tatter
    source: wordnet30
  • a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser(noun.act)
    source: wordnet30
  • (sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game)(noun.act)
    source: wordnet30
  • Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.(noun)
    source: webster1913
  • A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • attach a tag or label to(verb.contact)
    Synonym:
    label, mark
    source: wordnet30
  • touch a player while he is holding the ball(verb.contact)
    source: wordnet30
  • provide with a name or nickname(verb.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • go after with the intent to catch(verb.motion)
    source: wordnet30
  • supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes(verb.creation)
    source: wordnet30
  • To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a person.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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