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tag(3) (iou)



tag verb1. [tag] Infl. -gg-. E17.
[from TAG noun1.]
verb trans. Provide with a tag or tags, label; spec. (a) add a short written or spoken phrase, esp. a quotation or rhyme, to (a text); (b) attach an identifying label etc. to (an animal), esp. to enable a migratory pattern to be traced; (c) Biology & Chemistry. = LABEL verb 2; (d) Computing label (an item of data) in order to identify it for subsequent processing or retrieval; (e) slang (orig. US) decorate (a building etc.) with a graffiti tag or tags. E17.
Nature Anglers tagged 954 bass. P. D. James The..exhibits, packed and tagged, would be carried to the police car. fig.: Blitz The film began to be tagged 'the Brat Pack Western'.
verb intrans. Hang down, trail, dangle. Long obsolete exc. Scot. rare. E17.
verb trans.
a. Fasten, stitch, or tack together; join. L17-E18.
Swift Resistance, and the succession of the house of Hanover, the whig writers..tag together.
b. spec. Join or string together (verses or rhymes). E18.
J. R. Lowell A pretty knack at tagging verses.
verb intrans. Trail behind; follow closely. Freq. foll. by after, along, (a)round, on. colloq. L17.
Day Lewis I would tag around with him, hardly understanding a word he said.
b. verb trans. Follow closely; spec. follow as a detective or spy. L19.
H. Kurnitz You're supposed to be tagging him for a credit bureau.
verb trans. Add, esp. as an afterthought; join or tack on (to). Chiefly fig. E18.
Thackeray I have no other moral..to tag to the present story.
verb trans. Cut off tags from (sheep). E18.
Comb.: tag-along adjective & noun (N. Amer. colloq.) (a) adjective that is towed or trailed behind something else; (of a follower or companion) uninvited, unwelcome; (b) noun an uninvited or unwelcome follower or companion.
taggable adjective able to be tagged E20.
tagger noun1 (a) a person who or thing which tags something; spec. (slang, orig. US) a person who decorates a building etc. with a graffiti tag or tags; (b) a piece of very thin sheet iron, esp. coated with tin (usu. in pl.): M17.