Noun
(sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game)

Noun
a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser

Noun
a small piece of cloth or paper

Noun
a label made of cardboard or plastic or metal

Verb
provide with a name or nickname

Verb
attach a tag or label to; "label these bottles"

Verb
touch a player while he is holding the ball

Verb
supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes

Verb
go after with the intent to catch; "The policeman chased the mugger down the alley"; "the dog chased the rabbit"

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n.
Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.

n.
A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.

n.
The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.

n.
Something mean and paltry; the rabble.

n.
A sheep of the first year.

n.
A sale of usually used items (such as furniture, clothing, household items or bric-a-brac), conducted by one or a small group of individuals, at a location which is not a normal retail establishment.

v. t.
To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags.

v. t.
To join; to fasten; to attach.

v. t.
To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play.

v. i.
To follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a person.

v.
A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched.

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Tag

Tag , n. [Probably akin to tack a small nail; cf. Sw. tagg a prickle, point, tooth.] 1. Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label. 2. A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it. 3. The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue. 4. Something mean and paltry; the rabble. [Obs.] Tag and rag, the lowest sort; the rabble. Holinshed. 5. A sheep of the first year. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Tag

Tag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Tagged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Tagging .] 1. To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags.

He learned to make long-tagged thread laces.

His courteous host . . . Tags every sentence with some fawning word.

2. To join; to fasten; to attach. Bolingbroke. 3. To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play.

Tag

Tag, v. i. To follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a person.

Tag

Tag, n. [From Tag, v.; cf. Tag, an end.] A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched.

Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely; specifically, a direction card, or label.

To fit with, or as with, a tag or tags.

To follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a person.

A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched.