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2  [tag] ,noun, verb, tagged, tag⋅ging.
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–noun
1. a children's game in which one player chases the others in an effort to touch one of them, who then takes the role of pursuer.
2. Baseball. an act or instance of tagging a base runner.
–verb (used with object)
3. to touch in or as if in the game of tag.
4. Baseball.
a. to touch (a base runner) with the ball held in the hand or glove.
b. to hit (a pitched ball) solidly.
c. to make a number of hits or runs as specified in batting against (a pitcher): They tagged him for two hits in the first and three hits and two runs in the third.
5. Boxing. to strike (an opponent) with a powerful blow.
—Verb phrase
6. tag up, Baseball. (of a base runner) to touch the base occupied before attempting to advance a base, after the catch of a fly ball: He tagged up and scored from third on a long fly to center.
Origin:
1730–40; perh. special use of tag 1
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tag 2   (tāg)   
n.  

  1. Games A children's game in which one player pursues the others until he or she is able to touch one of them, who then in turn becomes the pursuer.

  2. Baseball The act of putting out a base runner who is not on a base by touching that player with the ball.

  3. Sports The act of touching a player as a substitute for tackling in touch football.

tr.v.   tagged, tag·ging, tags

  1. To touch (another player) in the game of tag.

  2. Baseball To touch (a base runner) with the ball in order to put that player out.

  3. Sports To touch (the runner) as a substitute for tackling in touch football.

Phrasal Verb(s):
tag up Baseball To return to and touch a base with one foot before running to the next base after a fielder has caught a fly ball.

[Perhaps variant of Scots tig, touch, tap, probably alteration of Middle English tek.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Slang Dictionary
tag

  1. n.
    a name. : Everybody knows that tag well.
  2. n.
    euphoria from drug use; a drug rush. : The tag from this mojo is something to behold.
  3. n.
    a car license plate or sticker. : Don't forget to get a new tag for this year.
  4. n.
    a blow to the body in boxing. : Wilbur landed another tag to the right shoulder before the gong sounded.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

tag  (2)
"children's game," 1738, perhaps a variation of Scot. tig "touch, tap" (1721), probably an alteration of M.E. tek "touch, tap" (see tick (2)). The verb in the baseball sense is recorded from 1907; the adj. in the pro wrestling sense is recorded from 1955.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2tag
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: tagged; tag·ging
: LABEL <tag penicillin molecules with radioactive sulfur as tracer>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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tag (tāg)
n.

  1. A strip of leather, paper, metal, or plastic attached to something or hung from a wearer's neck to identify, classify, or label.

  2. A small outgrowth or polyp.

v. tagged, tag·ging, tags

  1. To label, identify, or recognize with or as if with a tag.

  2. To incorporate into a compound a readily detected substance making the compound detectable so that its metabolic or chemical history may be followed.

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Science Dictionary
tag   (tāg)  Pronunciation Key 
A sequence of characters in a markup language used to provide information, such as formatting specifications, about a document. Tags are enclosed in a pair of angle brackets that indicate to the browser how the text is to be displayed.
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