tag

tag1 [ tæg ] noun *

▸ 1 piece of paper

▸ 2 electronic equipment

▸ 3 game

▸ 4 name

▸ 5 question

1. ) count a small piece of paper or other material that is fixed to something to give information about it, or fixed to someone to show who they are:

I can't find the price tag for this coat.

We were all given name tags to wear at the conference.

2. ) count a piece of electronic equipment attached to someone, especially a criminal, in order to check where they go

3. ) uncount a children's game in which one player chases the others and tries to touch them

4. ) count INFORMAL a piece of GRAFFITI consisting of the artist's name

a ) count usually singular INFORMAL a name or phrase that is used as a way of describing someone

5. ) count LINGUISTICS a TAG QUESTION

tag

tag 2 [ tæg ] verb transitive

1. ) to attach a small piece of paper or other material to something to give information about it:

Every item is tagged with a number that identifies it.

2. ) to put an electronic tag on someone in order to watch where they go

3. ) to touch another player in some children's games

a ) to touch a player of the other team with the ball in sports such as baseball:

tag out: Jeter was tagged out between second and third base.

4. ) INFORMAL to describe someone or something in a particular way:

Some of the children were already tagged as troublemakers.

,tag a`long phrasal verb intransitive

to go somewhere with someone else although you are not needed:

When Charlie goes on a business trip, I often tag along.

,tag `on phrasal verb transitive

to add something extra, especially something that does not seem to belong to the rest:

This information was tagged on at the end.