tag
verb
- to attach a label
noun
- metadata used for classifications or adding of informations
- concept in markup languages
- identifying mark of a graffiti artist
- to attach a label
noun
- game in which people chase each other
- putting a baseball runner out with the ball or the hand holding the ball
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈtæɡ/ / [ˈtʰæɡ] / /ˈteɪɡ/
adj
Etymology: Acronym of tight-aggressive.
- Tight (inclined to play only strong starting hands and fold otherwise) and aggressive (inclined to raise often).
noun
Etymology: Borrowed from Aramaic תגא (taga, “crown”). Doublet of taj.
- A decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls, especially in Stam style.
verb
Etymology: From Middle English tagge (“small piece hanging from a garment”), probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Norwegian tagg (“point; prong; barb; tag”), Swedish tagg (“thorn; prickle; tine”), Icelandic tág (“a willow-twig”). Compare also tack.
- To label (something).
- To mark (something) with one's graffiti tag.
- To remove dung tags from a sheep.
“Regularly tag the rear ends of your sheep.”
- To hit the ball hard.
“He really tagged that ball.”
- to have sex with someone (especially a man of a woman)
“Steve is dying to tag Angie from chemistry class.”
- 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.”
- To mark with a tag (metadata for classification).
“I am tagging my music files by artist and genre.”
- To attach the name of (a user) to a posted message so that they are linked from the post and possibly sent a notification.
“One side wants to demonstrate a higher level of street knowledge and openly denounces the distorting lens of Instagram dissings; the other embraces the medium's branding affordances by sending “clout” to a third-party ally, while at the same time avoiding tagging the opponent.”
- To follow closely, accompany, tag along.
“A tall young man came striding through the park along the path near which she sat. Behind him tagged a boy carrying a suit-case.”
- To catch and touch (a player in the game of tag).
- To fit with, or as if with, a tag or tags.
“He learned to make long-tagged thread laces.”
“His courteous host […] / Tags every sentence with some fawning word.”
- To fasten; to attach.
“a. 1751, Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, an essay they began to tag their law with the scraps of philofophy”
- To make contact with an enemy, usually by attacking it before other players do, to establish exclusive or partial eligibility for loot, experience points achievements, etc.
“He keeps tagging my mobs and I miss out on all the drops.”
“I can fight her for you, but you have to tag her if you want the achievement.”
- To repeat (the ending of a song); to play a tag