tag

noun

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.

noun

The act of tagging a base runner.

noun

The act of tagging a ball carrier in touch football.

transitive verb

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

transitive verb

To touch (a base runner) with the ball in order to make a putout.

transitive verb

To touch (a ball carrier) to end a play in touch football.

phrasal verb

To return to and touch a base with one foot before running to the next base after a fielder has caught a fly ball.

noun

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

noun

The plastic or metal tip at the end of a shoelace.

noun

The contrastingly colored tip of an animal’s tail.