Etymology: Middle English tagge; akin to Middle Low German tagge, tacke twig, spike
Date: 14th century
1: a loose hanging piece of cloth :tatter 2: a metal or plastic binding on an end of a shoelace 3: a piece of hanging or attached material; specifically: a loop, knot, or tassel on a garment 4 a: a brief quotation used for rhetorical emphasis or sententious effect b: a recurrent or characteristic verbal expression c:tagline 1 5 a: a cardboard, plastic, or metal marker used for identification or classification <license tags>b: a descriptive or identifying epithet c: something used for identification or location :flagd:label 3d e:price tagf: an element of code in a computer document used especially to control format and layout or to establish a hyperlink 6: a detached fragmentary piece :bit 7: a graffito in the form of an identifying name or symbol