tag

Universal Words noun, verb noun 1 [C] (often in compounds) a small piece of paper, fabric, plastic, etc. attached to sth to identify it or give information about it: He put name tags on all his shirts. * a gift tag (= tied to a present) * The police use electronic tags to monitor the whereabouts of young offenders on probation. seealsoPRICETAG 2 [C,usually sing.] a name or phrase that is used to describe a person or thing in some way: They are finally ready to drop the tag 'the new Beatles'. * The 'lucky' tag stuck for years. 3 [C] (linguistics) a word or phrase that is added to a sentence for emphasis, for example I do in Yes, I do seealsoQUESTIONTAG 4 [C] a short QUOTATION or saying in a foreign language: the Latin tag 'Si vis pacem, para bellum' (= if you want peace, prepare for war) 5 (BrE also tig) [U] a children's game in which one child chases the others and tries to touch one of them verb (-gg-) 1 [VN] to fasten a tag onto sth/sb: Each animal was tagged with a number for identification. * The containers were tagged with colour-coded labels. seealsoELECTRONICTAGGING 2 [VN] ~ sb/sth as sth to give sb/sth a name that describes what they are or do SYNLABEL: The country no longer wanted to be tagged as a Third World nation. PHRASALVERBS tag along (behind / with sb) to go somewhere with sb, especially when you have not been asked or invited: Do you mind if I tag along with you tonight? tag sth<->on