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tag

Pronunciation: /tæɡ/

The English word “tag” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A small label.
  2. A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.
  3. A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.
  4. Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely.
  5. A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
  6. Any short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins mostly in order to help purify, solubilize or visualize these proteins.
  7. Something mean and paltry; the rabble, originally refer to rag as torn cloth.
  8. The last line (or last two lines) of a song's chorus that is repeated to indicate the end of the song.
  9. The last scene of a TV program, often focusing on the program's subplot.
  10. The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
  11. An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said") or attributed words (e.g. "he thought").
  12. A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.
  13. A keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information enabling keyword-based classification; often used to categorize content.
  14. A vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data (animals, soldiers).
  15. A person's name.
  16. 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.
  17. An instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand to rule him "out."
  18. Signature.
  19. Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the artist.
  20. A type of cardboard.

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.

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