tag
noun
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A small label.
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A children's chasing game in which one player (known as "it") attempts to touch another, who then becomes "it".
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A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.
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A type of cardboard.
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Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the artist.
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A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.
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(authorship) An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said") or attributed words (e.g. "he thought").
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The last line (or last two lines) of a song's chorus that is repeated to indicate the end of the song.
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The last scene of a TV program that often focuses on the program's subplot.
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A vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data (animals, soldiers).
“The subwoofer in the trunk was so loud, it vibrated the tag like an aluminum can.”
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An instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand to rule him "out."
“The tag was applied at second for the final out.”
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A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.
“The tag conveys sarcasm in Internet slang.”
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A keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information enabling keyword-based classification; often used to categorize content.
“I want to add genre and artist tags to the files in my music collection.”
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Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely.
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A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
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The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
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Something mean and paltry; the rabble.
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A sheep in its first year.
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Any short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins mostly in order to help purify, solubilize or visualize these proteins.
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A person's name.
“What's your tag?”
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Antonyms
verb
- 1
To label (something).
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(graffiti) To mark (something) with one’s tag.
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To remove dung tags from a sheep.
“Regularly tag the rear ends of your sheep.”
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To hit the ball hard.
“He really tagged that ball.”
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To put a runner out by touching them with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.
“He tagged the runner for the out.”
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To mark with a tag (metadata for classification).
“I am tagging my music files by artist and genre.”
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To follow closely, accompany, tag along.
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To catch and touch (a player in the game of tag).
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To fit with, or as if with, a tag or tags.
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To fasten; to attach.
noun
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A decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls.
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