to tag
The entry for 'tag' is displayed below.
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tag1
- 1 a label providing identification or giving other information.
■ an electronic device attached to someone or something for monitoring purposes.
■ a nickname or popular description.
■ a nickname or other identifying mark written as the signature of a graffiti artist.
■ N. Amer. a vehicle licence plate.
- 2 a small piece or part that is attached to a main body.
■ a ragged lock of wool on a sheep.
■ the tip of an animal's tail when it is distinctively coloured.
■ a loose or leftover piece.
■ a metal or plastic point at the end of a shoelace.
- 3 a frequently repeated quotation or stock phrase.
■ Theatre a closing speech addressed to the audience.
■ a refrain or musical phrase in a song or piece of music.
- 4 Computing a character or set of characters appended to an item of data in order to identify it.
- 1 attach a label or tag to.
■ give a specified name or description to.
■ (of a graffiti artist) write a tag or nickname on (a surface).
- 2 add to something as an afterthought.
- 3 (tag along) accompany someone without invitation.
- 4 shear away ragged locks of wool from (sheep).
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tag2
- 1 a children's game in which one chases the rest, and anyone who is caught then becomes the pursuer.
- 2 Baseball the action of tagging a runner.
- 1 touch (someone being chased) in a game of tag.
- 2 Baseball put (a runner) out by touching with the ball or with the hand holding the ball.

