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say it: tag
tag is a noun and verb meaning "a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.". It is pronounced /ˈtæɡ/ — tag. It carries 10 recorded senses.
a label associated with something for the purpose of identification
“semantic tags were attached in order to identify different meanings of the word”
a small piece of cloth or paper
a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser
(sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game)
baseball · tag
provide with a name or nickname
go after with the intent to catch
“The policeman chased the mugger down the alley”
“the dog chased the rabbit”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for tag come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.