| Noun | 1. | tag - a label made of cardboard or plastic or metallabel - an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object dog tag - metal plate on a dog collar bearing its registration number dog tag - military identification tag worn on a chain around the neck name tag - a tag showing the name of the person who wears it price tag - a tag showing the price of the article it is attached to | |
| 2. | tag - a small piece of cloth or paperpine-tar rag - baseball equipment consisting of a rag soaked with pine tar; used on the handle of a baseball bat to give a batter a firm grip | |
| 3. | tag - a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chasertag - (sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game) | |
| 4. | tag - (sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game)touching, touch - the act of putting two things together with no space between them; "at his touch the room filled with lights" baseball, baseball game, ball - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empy lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" tag - a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser | |
| Verb | 1. | tag - attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles"mark - make or leave a mark on; "mark the trail so that we can find our way back" point - mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes point - mark with diacritics; "point the letter" point - mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics calibrate - mark (the scale of a measuring instrument) so that it can be read in the desired units; "he calibrated the thermometer for the Celsius scale" code - attach a code to; "Code the pieces with numbers so that you can identify them later" badge - put a badge on; "The workers here must be badged" | |
| 2. | tag - touch a player while he is holding the ballbaseball, baseball game, ball - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empy lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!" touch - make physical contact with, come in contact with; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband" nab - tag the base runner to get him out | |
| 3. | tag - provide with a name or nicknamecall, name - assign a specified, proper name to; "They named their son David"; "The new school was named after the famous Civil Rights leader" | |
| 4. | tag - go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"pursue, follow - follow in or as if in pursuit; "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life" quest - search the trail of (game); "The dog went off and quested" hound, hunt, trace - pursue or chase relentlessly; "The hunters traced the deer into the woods"; "the detectives hounded the suspect until they found the him" run down - pursue until captured; "They ran down the fugitive" tag along - go along with, often uninvited; "my younger brother often tagged along when I went out with my friends" | |
| 5. | tag - supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes | |