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English Dictionary: Tag	by the DICT Development Group
6 results for Tag
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tag n a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc. Synonym(s): tag, ticket a label associated with something for the purpose of identification; "semantic tags were attached in order to identify different meanings of the word" a small piece of cloth or paper Synonym(s): rag, shred, tag, tag end, tatter a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser (sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game) v attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles" [syn: tag, label, mark] touch a player while he is holding the ball provide with a name or nickname go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" Synonym(s): chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tag \Tag\, n. [Probably akin to tack a small nail; cf. Sw. tagg a prickle, point, tooth.] 1. Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label. 2. A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it. 3. The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue. 4. Something mean and paltry; the rabble. [Obs.] {Tag and rag}, the lowest sort; the rabble. --Holinshed. 5. A sheep of the first year. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tag \Tag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tagged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tagging}.] 1. To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags. He learned to make long-tagged thread laces. --Macaulay. His courteous host . . . Tags every sentence with some fawning word. --Dryden. 2. To join; to fasten; to attach. --Bolingbroke. 3. To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See {Tag}, a play.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tag \Tag\, v. i. To follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a person.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tag \Tag\, n. [From {Tag}, v.; cf. {Tag}, an end.] A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
tag An {SGML}, {HTML}, or {XML} {token} representing the beginning (start tag: " ") or end (end tag: " ") of an {element}. In normal SGML {syntax} (and always in {XML}), a tag starts with a "<" and ends with an ">". In {HTML} jargon, the term "tag" is often used for an "{element}". (2001-01-31)