Tag , n. [From Tag, v.; cf. Tag, an end.]
A
child's play in which
one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid
being touched.
Tag , v. i. To follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a person.
Tag , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tagged (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Tagging (?).]
1. To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags.
He learned to make long-tagged thread
laces.
Macaulay. His courteous host . . .
Tags every
sentence with some fawning word.
Dryden. 2. To join; to fasten; to attach. Bolingbroke.
3. To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the
game of tag.
See Tag, a play.
Tag (?), n. [Probably akin to tack a
small nail; cf. Sw.
tagg a prickle, point, tooth.]
1. Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically,
a direction card, or label.
2. A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
3. The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
4. Something mean and paltry; the rabble. [Obs.]
Tag and rag, the lowest sort; the rabble. Holinshed.
5. A sheep of the
first year. [Prov. Eng.]
Halliwell.
Hear it pronounced