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Pronunciation: /tag/
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Definition of tag

noun

[mass noun]
  • a children’s game in which one chases the rest, and anyone who is caught then becomes the pursuer: we began to play tag under the water
  • Baseball the action of tagging a runner.

verb (tags, tagging, tagged)

[with object]
  • touch (someone being chased) in a game of tag.
  • Baseball put (a runner) out by touching with the ball or with the hand holding the ball.

Origin:

mid 18th century: perhaps a variant of tig

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Definition of tag in the US English dictionary

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