tag

Definitions

• A small label.
• A children's chasing game in which one player (known as "it") attempts to touch another, who then becomes "it".
• A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.
• A type of cardboard.
• Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the artist.
• A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.
• (informal) An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said") or attributed words (e.g. "he thought").
• (music) The last line (or last two lines) of a song's chorus that is repeated to indicate the end of the song.
• (television) The last scene of a TV program that often focuses on the program's subplot.
• (chiefly) a vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data (animals, soldiers).
• (baseball) An instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand to rule him "out."
• (computing) A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.
• (computing) A keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information enabling keyword-based classification; often used to categorize content.
• Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely.
• A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
• The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
• Something mean and paltry; the rabble.
• A sheep in its first year.
• (biochemistry) Any short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins mostly in order to help purify, solubilize or visualize these proteins.
• (slang) A person's name.