a piece or strip of paper, plastic, leather, etc, for attaching to something by one end as a mark or label
a price tag
2. Also called: electronic tag
an electronic device worn, usually on the wrist or ankle, by an offender serving a noncustodial sentence, which monitors the offender's whereabouts by means of a link to a central computer through the telephone system
3.
a small piece of material hanging from or loosely attached to a part or piece
4.
a point of metal or other hard substance at the end of a cord, lace, etc, to prevent it from fraying and to facilitate threading
5.
an epithet or verbal appendage, the refrain of a song, the moral of a fable, etc
6.
a brief quotation, esp one in a foreign language
the speech was peppered with Latin tags
7.
(in a computer language such as HTML) an electronic code describing how a specific portion of text is to be processed
8.
a word or phrase added to a document, photograph, etc on a computer network to enable it to be retrieved by someone searching for that topic
9. grammar
a. Also called: tag question
a clause added on to another clause to invite the hearer's agreement or conversational cooperation. Tags are usually in the form of a question with a pronoun as subject, the antecedent of which is the subject of the main clause; as isn't it in the bread is on the table, isn't it?
b.
a linguistic item added on to a sentence but not forming part of it, as John in are you there, John?
10.
an ornamental flourish as at the end of a signature
11.
the contrastingly coloured tip to an animal's tail
12.
a matted lock of wool or hair
13. angling
a strand of tinsel, wire, etc, tied to the body of an artificial fly
14. slang
a graffito consisting of a nickname or personal symbol
verbWord forms: tags, tagging or tagged(mainly tr)
15.
to mark with a tag
16.
to monitor the whereabouts of (an offender) by means of an electronic tag
17.
to add or append as a tag
18.
to add a tag to (a document, photograph, etc on a computer network)
19.
to supply (prose or blank verse) with rhymes
20. (intr; usually foll by on or along)
to trail (behind)
many small boys tagged on behind the procession
21.
to name or call (someone something)
they tagged him Lanky
22.
to cut the tags of wool or hair from (an animal)
23. slang
to paint one's one's nickname or personal symbol on (a building, wall, etc)
Word origin
C15: of uncertain origin; related to Swedish tagg point, perhaps also to tack1
Examples of 'electronic tag' in a sentence
electronic tag
Released on parole after 30 days and had to wear an electronic tag.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
She was ordered to wear an electronic tag and given a night-time curfew.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
You are given an electronic tag that beeps when your time is up.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
She called her electronic tag a 'nice bit of bling'.
The Sun (2010)
They will include him wearing an electronic tag and obeying a 7pm curfew.
The Sun (2008)
A court imposed a restraining order and made her wear an electronic tag.
The Sun (2015)
His bail conditions include wearing an electronic tag and not accessing social media websites.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
They forfeit their passport and must wear an electronic tag.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Placed under curfew and forced to wear electronic tag.