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tags

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, tags is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions oftags

1noun
  • 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.
  • (authorship) An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said") or attributed words (e.g. "he thought").

    Synonyms: "dialogue tag", "speech tag", "tag line"

  • The last line (or last two lines) of a song's chorus that is repeated to indicate the end of the song.
  • The last scene of a TV program that often focuses on the program's subplot.
  • A vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data (animals, soldiers).

    Example: "The subwoofer in the trunk was so loud, it vibrated the tag like an aluminum can."

  • An instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand to rule him "out."

    Example: "The tag was applied at second for the final out."

  • A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.

    Example: "The tag conveys sarcasm in Internet slang."

  • A keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information enabling keyword-based classification; often used to categorize content.

    Example: "I want to add genre and artist tags to the files in my music collection."

  • 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.
  • Any short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins mostly in order to help purify, solubilize or visualize these proteins.
  • A person's name.

    Example: "What's your tag?"

1verb
  • To label (something).
  • (graffiti) To mark (something) with one’s tag.
  • To remove dung tags from a sheep.

    Example: "Regularly tag the rear ends of your sheep."

  • To hit the ball hard.

    Example: "He really tagged that ball."

  • To put a runner out by touching them with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.

    Example: "He tagged the runner for the out."

  • To mark with a tag (metadata for classification).

    Example: "I am tagging my music files by artist and genre."

  • To follow closely, accompany, tag along.
  • To catch and touch (a player in the game of tag).
  • To fit with, or as if with, a tag or tags.
  • To fasten; to attach.

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