Category:Tag

Tag, n. Etym: [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.

Defn: 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.

Note: frequently it is held in the private home or in a yard attached To a private home belonging to the seller. Similar to a yard sale or Garage sale. Compare flea market, where used items are sold by many Individuals in a place rented for the purpose.

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

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.

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

Tag Tag, n. Etym: [from tag, v.; cf. Tag, an end.]

Defn: a child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and Then runs away to avoid being touched.