n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: 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 < tagged every item in the store> <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 2
intransitive verb : to keep close < tagging at their heels ― Corey Ford>