Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of tag
"The librarian asked me to attach tags to every book so patrons could easily locate them on the shelves."
In plain English: Tags are short labels you add to things to help organize them or find them later.
"She attached price tags to the items in the window display."
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tag
"He tags the ball to his teammate during the game."
In plain English: To tag someone means to touch them so they are no longer allowed to chase others.
"The security guard tagged all the suspicious packages before letting them leave the building."
Derived from Old French tache via Middle English, tags originally meant spots or stains on cloth. The modern sense evolved to denote small pieces of paper attached to items as identifiers.