n. | 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.
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5. | A sheep of the first year. | ||||
v. t. | 1. | To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags. | |||
2. | To join; to fasten; to attach. | ||||
3. | To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play. | ||||
v. i. | 1. | To follow closely, as it were an appendage; - often with after; | |||
n. | 1. | A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched. |
Noun | 1. | tag - a label made of cardboard or plastic or metal |
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3. | tag - a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser | |
4. | tag - (sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game) | |
Verb | 1. | tag - attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles" |
2. | tag - touch a player while he is holding the ball | |
3. | tag - provide with a name or nickname | |
4. | tag - go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit" | |
5. | tag - supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes |
(language, text) | tag - An SGML, HTML, or XML token
representing the beginning (start 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". |