Tag

Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.

A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.

The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.

Something mean and paltry; the rabble.

Tag and rag
the lowest sort; the rabble. - Holinshed.

A sheep of the first year.

v. t.

To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags.

[imp. & p. p. Tagged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tagging .]

He learned to make long-tagged thread laces.

- Macaulay.

His courteous host . . .
Tags every sentence with some fawning word.

- Dryden.

To join; to fasten; to attach.

To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play.

v. i.

To follow closely, as it were an appendage; - often with after; as, to tag after a person.

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
	2.	tag - a small piece of cloth or paper Synonyms: rag, tag end, tatter, shred
	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" Synonyms: mark, label
	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" Synonyms: dog, give chase, go after, tail, chase, chase after, trail, track
	5.	tag - supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes

(language, text)

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".

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