tag

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Symbol

1. ISO 639-3 language code for Tagoi.

Noun

1. Physical appendage. A small label.
   • He has a tag hung on his bag.
2. A small label.
   • He has a tag hung on his bag.
3. A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.
4. A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.
5. Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely.
6. A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
7. Any short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins mostly in order to help purify, solubilize or visualize these proteins.
8. Something mean and paltry; rabble.
9. Last nonphysical appendage. The last line (or last two lines) of a song's chorus that is repeated to indicate the end of the song. The last scene of a TV program, often focusing on the program's subplot.
10. The last line (or last two lines) of a song's chorus that is repeated to indicate the end of the song.
11. The last scene of a TV program, often focusing on the program's subplot.
12. The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
13. Nonphysical label. An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said") or attributed words (e.g. "he thought").
    • The <title> tag provides a title for the Web page.
    • The <sarcasm> tag conveys sarcasm in Internet slang.
    • I want to add genre and artist tags to the files in my music collection.
14. An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said") or attributed words (e.g. "he thought").
15. A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.
    • The <title> tag provides a title for the Web page.
    • The <sarcasm> tag conveys sarcasm in Internet slang.
16. 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.
17. Identity. 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.
    • What’s your tag?
18. 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.
19. A person's name.
    • What’s your tag?
20. Involving being tagged physically. A game, especially for children on playgrounds, in which one player (known as "it") attempts to touch another, who then becomes "it"; any similar game of chasing and trying to reach, touch, shoot, or label other players.
    • The tag was applied at second for the final out.
21. A game, especially for children on playgrounds, in which one player (known as "it") attempts to touch another, who then becomes "it"; any similar game of chasing and trying to reach, touch, shoot, or label other players.
22. 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.
23. Signature. Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the artist.
24. Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the artist.
25. A type of cardboard.
26. A sheep in its first year.

Verb

1. To label (something).
2. To mark (something) with one's graffiti tag.
3. To remove dung tags from a sheep.
   • Regularly tag the rear ends of your sheep.
4. To hit the ball hard.
   • He really tagged that ball.
5. to have sex with someone (especially a man of a woman)
   • Steve is dying to tag Angie from chemistry class.
6. 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.
7. To mark with a tag (metadata for classification).
   • I am tagging my music files by artist and genre.
8. To attach the name of (a user) to a posted message so that they are linked from the post and possibly sent a notification.
9. To follow closely, accompany, tag along.
10. To catch and touch (a player in the game of tag).
11. To fit with, or as if with, a tag or tags.
12. To fasten; to attach.
13. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) 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.
14. To repeat (the ending of a song); to play a tag

Noun

1. A decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls, especially in Stam style.

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