tag

Definitions

1. 1.A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
2. 2.The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
3. 3.Something mean and paltry; the rabble. [Obs.] Tag and rag, the lowest sort; the rabble. Holinshed.
4. 4.A sheep of the first year. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. 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.
5. 5.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.
6. 6.To join; to fasten; to attach. Bolingbroke.
7. 7.To follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play.
8. 8.To follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a person.
9. 9.A child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is tag.

• What is a metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it called?
• What is the end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue called?
• What is something mean and paltry; the rabble. [Obs.] Tag and rag, the lowest sort; the rabble. Holinshed called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to join; to fasten; to attach. Bolingbroke called?
• What is to follow closely after; esp., to follow and touch in the game of tag. See Tag, a play called?
• What is to follow closely, as it were an appendage; -- often with after; as, to tag after a person called?
• What is a child's play in which one runs after and touches another, and then runs away to avoid being touched called?