Main Entry: ²tag

Function: verb

Inflected Form(s): tagged; tag·ging

Date: 15th century

transitive verb 1 : to provide or mark with or as if with a tag: as a : to supply with an identifying marker or price <was tagged at $4.95> b : to provide with a name or epithet : label, brand <tagged him a has-been> c : to put a ticket on (a motor vehicle) for a traffic violation d : to deface with a graffito usually in the form of the defacer's nickname
2 : to attach as an addition : append
3 : to follow closely and persistently
4 : to hold to account; especially : to charge with violating the law <was tagged for…assault — Burt Woolis>
5 : label 2intransitive verb : to keep close <tagging at their heels — Corey Ford>