tag¹ /tag/

1. A tab
2. A label, esp a tie-on label
3. An identifying mark or sign
4. A symbol or signature used by a graffiti-writer, eg as a message, means of identification, etc (slang)
5. A device used for electronic tagging (qv)
6. A label or marker giving summarized information, descriptions, attributes, etc which apply to the text following (or if one of a pair, also preceding) it (computing)
7. The metal or plastic point of a lace
8. Any small thing tacked or attached to another
9. A flap, or a loose or flapping end
10. A flap of a slashed garment
11. A shred
12. A stray, matted or dirty lock, eg of a sheep's wool
13. The tip of an animal's tail
14. The tail end
15. A trite (esp Latin) quotation
16. A moral to a story
17. The closing words of a play, etc, usu addressed to the audience
18. A refrain
19. A vehicle licence plate (US)
20. A parking ticket (US)
21. The rabble, the common people (obsolete)
22. Anything mean
23. A piece of brightly-coloured wire, fabric, etc tied to the end of the body of an artificial fly (angling)
24. (in pl) a footman's shoulder-knot

1. To put a tag or tags on
2. To attach as a tag
3. To put a signature or similar mark on (slang)
4. To mark (text) with tags (computing)
5. To apply a hashtag to (an item posted on a social media site)
6. To fit with an electronic tag
7. To tack, fasten, append
8. To remove tags from
9. To dog or follow closely
10. To give (a driver or vehicle) a parking ticket (US)
11. To replace an atom in (a molecule or compound) by a radioactive isotope, for the purpose of identification

1. To make tags, to string words or ideas together
2. To go behind as a follower (with on or along)

taggeeˈ noun

A person wearing an electronic tag

taggˈer noun

taggˈers plural noun

Thin sheet iron or sheet steel coated with tin

taggˈing noun

taggˈy adjective

(of eg wool) matted into tags

tagˈless adjective

tag day noun (N American)

A flag day

tag end noun (esp N American)

The fag end, tail end

tagged atom noun

A radioactive isotopic atom of a tracer element

tag line noun (esp N American)

1. A punchline
2. A watchword, slogan

tag question noun

An interrogative clause (eg can't you?) added to the end of a statement to invite agreement (also question tag)

tagˈrag noun

1. The rabble (old)
2. A fluttering rag, a tatter

1. Vulgar (old)
2. Ragged

• affusion
• affusions
• affy
• affyde
• affying
• AFG
• Afghan
• Afghan coat
• Afghan hound
• afghani
• afghanis
• Afghans
• aficionado
• aficionados
• afield
• a finger in the pie
• afire
• a fish out of water
• aflaj
• aflame
• aflatoxin
• aflatoxins
• AFL-CIO
• a flea in one's ear
• afloat