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Word: tag (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.
  • A game played by two or more children in which one child (known as "it") attempts to catch one of the others, who then becomes "it".
  • An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said").
  • A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.
  • A small label.
  • A type of cardboard.
  • baseball An instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.
  • US a vehicle number plate.
  • computing A keyword or term associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information enabling keyword-based classification.
  • computing A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.
  • Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the person who makes the graffiti.

Source: Wiktionary | Src Info »

Verb:

  • transitive To label (something).
  • baseball To hit the ball hard.
  • baseball To put a runner out by touching him with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.
  • transitive computing To mark with a tag (metadata for classification).
  • transitive To mark (something) with one?s tag (graffiti).
  • transitive To remove dung tags from a sheep.

Source: Wiktionary | Src Info »