name tag
Definition of name tag
: a piece of paper, cloth, plastic, or metal that has a person's name written on it and that is attached to the person's clothing She handed out name tags for people to wear at the conference. I didn't notice the supervisor's name tag on his uniform.
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: a word or phrase that constitutes the distinctive designation of a person or thing
: a word or symbol used in logic to designate an entity
: a descriptive often disparaging epithet
: to give a name to : call
: to mention or identify by name
: to accuse by name
: of, relating to, or bearing a name
: appearing in the name of a literary or theatrical production
: having an established reputation
: a loose hanging piece of cloth : tatter
: a metal or plastic binding on an end of a shoelace
: a piece of hanging or attached material
: to provide or mark with or as if with a tag: such as
: to supply with an identifying marker or price
: to provide with a name or epithet : label, brand
: a game in which the player who is it chases others and tries to touch one of them who then becomes it
: an act or instance of tagging a runner in baseball
: to touch in or as if in a game of tag
: to put out (a runner) in baseball by a touch with the ball or the gloved hand containing the ball
: to hit solidly
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