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Tag

noun
1.
A label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc..  Synonym: ticket.
2.
A label associated with something for the purpose of identification.
3.
A small piece of cloth or paper.  Synonyms: rag, shred, tag end, tatter.
4.
A game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser.
5.
(sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game).
verb
(past & past part. tagged; pres. part. tagging)
1.
Attach a tag or label to.  Synonyms: label, mark.
2.
Touch a player while he is holding the ball.
3.
Provide with a name or nickname.
4.
Go after with the intent to catch.  Synonyms: chase, chase after, dog, give chase, go after, tail, track, trail.  "The dog chased the rabbit"
5.
Supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes.



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"Tag" Quotes from Famous Books



... White Chief wrapped the lock of hair in a handkerchief and laid it away in the hiding place. As carefully he drew out a small moose-hide poke and putting the candle on a nearby table, sat down before it. He removed the tag attached to the top and read the inscription: "Eldorado Creek gold," then ...
— Where the Sun Swings North • Barrett Willoughby
... the Major. "I don't know anything more painful than for a man to marry his superior in age or his inferior in station. Fancy marrying a woman of low rank of life, and having your house filled with her confounded tag-rag-and-bobtail of relations! Fancy your wife attached to a mother who dropped her h's, or called Maria Marire! How are you to introduce her into society? My dear Mrs. Pendennis, I will name no ...
— The History of Pendennis • William Makepeace Thackeray
... right. Them kids of mine do wear out the soles of their shoes some. But, Lafe, I can't tag Maudlin around ...
— Rose O'Paradise • Grace Miller White
... enough to see that when I plan a thing for his benefit it is for his benefit, and not mine. Like most of the other damned fools that come up here and waste their money and my time, he thinks I'm playing some cute game with him—tag or something that will let him show how much cuter he is than I am. And he's supposed to be a writer and have a little horse-sense! His brother claims it, anyhow. And as for this other simp here," and now he was addressing the assembled diners while nodding ...
— Twelve Men • Theodore Dreiser
... dial isn't down to Danger yet. And tomorrow I'll just put the red tag back on over the yellow one and go through Shielding in the same line with you. They won't notice." She giggled again. "I thought it was smart, Petey. You oughta think so too. You know why ...
— The Very Secret Agent • Mari Wolf


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