tag

Noun · Verb
Synonyms: ticketragshredtag endtatterlabelmarkchasechase aftertrailtailgive chase

WordNet 3.0

Noun (5)

  1. a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.Synonyms: ticket
  2. a label associated with something for the purpose of identification“semantic tags were attached in order to identify different meanings of the word”
  3. a small piece of cloth or paperSynonyms: ragshredtag endtatter
  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 (5)

  1. attach a tag or label to“label these bottles”Synonyms: labelmark
  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“The policeman chased the mugger down the alley”“the dog chased the rabbit”Synonyms: chasechase aftertrailtailgive chasedoggo aftertrack
  5. supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Tag \Tag\, n. [From Tag, v.; cf. Tag, an end.] A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched. [1913 Webster]
Tag \Tag\, n. [Probably akin to tack a small nail; cf. Sw. tagg a prickle, point, tooth.]

1.Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label. [1913 Webster]

2.A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it. [1913 Webster]

3.The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue. [1913 Webster]

4.Something mean and paltry; the rabble. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

Tag and rag, the lowest sort; the rabble. --Holinshed. [1913 Webster]

5.A sheep of the first year. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]

Tag \Tag\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Tagging.]

1.To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags. [1913 Webster]

He learned to make long-tagged thread laces.— Macaulay.[1913 Webster]
His courteous host . . . Tags every sentence with some fawning word.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.To join; to fasten; to attach. --Bolingbroke. [1913 Webster]

3.To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play. [1913 Webster]

Tag \Tag\, v. i. To follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a person. [1913 Webster]

Free On-line Dictionary of Computing

tag empty element tag end tag start tag

<language, text> An SGML, HTML, or XML token representing the beginning (start tag: "<p ...>") or end (end tag: "</p>") 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".

(2001-01-31)

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