tag

/tæg/

/tæg/

Other forms: tags; tagged; tagging

Tag! You're it! Tag is a playground game in which you try to catch other players. A tag is also a label or marker that provides some information about the thing it's attached to, like the tag inside the neck of your sweater.

Items for sale often display price tags, and people at a social event sometimes wear name tags. You can also use tag as a verb to mean "to mark with a tag." This word has many colloquial meanings too, including "nickname" and "identifying graffiti mark." There's also the verb meaning "to touch another player in a game of tag."

Definitions of tag

1. noun

   a small piece of cloth or paper
   synonyms: rag, shred, tag end, tatter

   types:

   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

   type of:

   piece of cloth, piece of material

   a separate part consisting of fabric
2. noun

   a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
   synonyms: ticket

   types:

   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

   type of:

   label

   an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object
3. noun

   a label associated with something for the purpose of identification
   “semantic tags were attached in order to identify different meanings of the word”

   type of:

   label

   an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object
4. verb

   attach a tag or label to
   synonyms: label, mark

   mark

   make or leave a mark on

   types:

   brand, brandmark, trademark

   mark with a brand or trademark

   point

   mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes

   point

   mark with diacritics

   point

   mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics

   calibrate

   mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units

   code

   attach a code to

   badge

   put a badge on

   type of:

   attach

   cause to be attached
5. verb

   provide with a name or nickname
   type of:

   call, name

   assign a specified (usually proper) proper name to
6. noun

   a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser
   type of:

   child's game

   a game enjoyed by children
7. noun

   (sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game)
   type of:

   touch, touching

   the act of putting two things together with no space between them
8. verb

   go after with the intent to catch
   synonyms: chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tail, track, trail

   types:

   tree

   chase an animal up a tree

   quest

   search the trail of (game)

   hound, hunt, trace

   pursue or chase relentlessly

   run down

   pursue until captured

   ferret

   hound or harry relentlessly

   type of:

   follow, pursue

   follow in or as if in pursuit
9. verb

   touch a player while he is holding the ball
   types:

   nab

   tag the base runner to get him out

   type of:

   touch

   make physical contact with, come in contact with
10. verb

    supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes
    type of:

    rhyme, rime

    compose rhymes