hashtag

[ hash-tag ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

(on social media websites)
1. a word or phrase preceded by a hash mark (#), used within a message to identify a keyword or topic of interest and facilitate a search for it:
  The hashtag #sandiegofire was used to help coordinate an emergency response to the fire.
2. a hash mark used in this way.
1. a word or phrase preceded by a hash mark (#) or by the word hashtag , used to add wit or emphasis to a spoken or written statement.
2. a hash mark or the word hashtag used in this way, as in the sentence His goodbye was so hashtag awkward.

, hash·tagged, hash·tag·ging.

to add a hashtag to (a word, topic, or message):
Someone on Twitter just hashtagged the film festival.

hashtag

/ ˈhæʃˌtæɡ /

NEW.FOR.DICT.COM (on the Twitter website) a word or phrase preceded by a hash mark, used to denote the topic of a post

Origin of hashtag¹

First recorded in 2005–10; hash (mark) + tag ¹ (in the sense “a label or keyword”)

Michelle Obama tweeting a hashtag is somehow cause for outrage.

Who even needs a court of law, let alone victim testimony, now that we have the hashtag?

The hashtag has been used to label general rants about people getting naked for attention.

Go home and use that hashtag to let people know about the story.

And briefly, it seemed like a hashtag triumph—pretty much everyone, everywhere, was outraged.

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