as in label
a slip (as of paper or cloth) that is attached to something to identify or describe it
read the tag on the shirt to find out if I could wash it or if it had to be dry-cleaned
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as in to chase
to go after or on the track of
wildlife experts surreptitiously tagged the timber wolf, carefully keeping a safe distance so the wolf wouldn't catch their scent and run
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as in to slap
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
he tagged me with a right hook and blackened my eye
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as in to select
to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities
she tagged her most experienced operative for the special mission
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Recent Examples of tag
ArsTechnica, 4 Apr. 2025
The $449 tag approaches the price of a new PlayStation 5, but the Nintendo Switch 2 is at least narrowing the power gap.
—James Perkins Mastromarino, NPR, 3 Apr. 2025
Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
Schlossberg took to the comment section of the InStyle magazine post and tagged his cousin, according to JustJared.com.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The next steps, the team indicates, will include recording the process in 3D with fluorescent tags attached to other chemicals and enzymes.
—ArsTechnica, 4 Apr. 2025
The $449 tag approaches the price of a new PlayStation 5, but the Nintendo Switch 2 is at least narrowing the power gap.
—James Perkins Mastromarino, NPR, 3 Apr. 2025
Verb
The trapper tagged the croc, and took a blood specimen from near the animal’s snout.
—Carol Marbin Miller, Miami Herald, 25 Mar. 2025
Schlossberg took to the comment section of the InStyle magazine post and tagged his cousin, according to JustJared.com.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 23 Mar. 2025
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“Tag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tag. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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