1. A label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
   "He attached a price tag to each item in the store";
   - 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
   "She used the tag end of the fabric to make a pocket square";
   - rag, shred, tag end, tatter
    
4. A game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser
   "The schoolyard was filled with shouts as the children played tag";
   - tig [Brit]
    
5. (sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game)
   "The baserunner was out after the quick tag by the shortstop"
    
6. (computing) an identifier associated with a piece of data
   "The HTML tag <p> is used to define paragraphs"

1. Attach a tag or label to
   "tag these bottles";
   - label, mark
    
2. Provide with a name or nickname
   "His colleagues tagged him 'The Professor'"; "She tagged her new puppy 'Spot'"
    
3. Go after with the intent to catch
   "The policeman tagged the mugger down the alley";
   - chase, chase after, trail, give chase, go after, track, chase down
    
4. (baseball) touch a player while they are holding the ball
   "The shortstop tagged the runner out at second base"
    
5. (poetry) supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes
   "The songwriter tagged the chorus with a catchy rhyme"

Derived forms: tagging, tags, tagged

Type of: attach, be known as, call, child's game, christen, follow, know as, label, name, piece of cloth, piece of material, pursue, rhyme, rime [archaic], touch, touching

Encyclopedia: Tag, You're It