Tag

tag, n. A metallic point at the end of a string; any slight appendage, as to an article of dre ; a direction-card, or label; something mean and paltry; the rabble; the catch-word at the end of an actor's speech; cue; a play in which one person runs alter and touches another, and then in turn runs away to avoid being touched.— v. [tagged (tagd), -ging.] To with a point or points; to (one thing to another).— v. To follow closely, as were an appendage. [Sw. tagg, LG. takk, a point, tooth = E. tack.] — Tag'-rag, n. or a. The lowest cla of people rabble, — also written tag-raff or rag-tag and bobtail.