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noun
- A nickname or epithet.
- An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
- Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
- A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
- A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
- a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
verb
- give a nickname to
- raise (someone) to knighthood
- provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language
- To mix audio tracks to produce a new sound; to remix.
- To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
- To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
- To prepare (a gamecock) for fighting, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
- (transitive, now informal) To name, to entitle, to call.
- To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.
- To make a copy from an original or master audio tape.
- (golf) To execute a shot poorly.
- To dress with an adze.
- To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of currying it.
- (transitive) To deem.
- (transitive, now historical or ceremonial) To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword, the accolade.
- To add sound to film or change audio on film.
- To replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation
- To do something badly.
- To dress a fishing fly.
noun
- the new sounds added by dubbing
- (countable) The replacement of a voice part in a movie or cartoon, particularly with a translation; an instance of dubbing.
- (slang, countable) A piece of graffiti in metallic colour with a thick black outline.
- (slang) A twenty-dollar sack of marijuana.
- (UK, dialect) A pool or puddle.
- Clipping of double-u.
- (slang) A wheel rim measuring 20 inches or more.
- (music, countable) A mostly instrumental remix with all or part of the vocals removed.
- (India, historical) A small copper coin once used in India.
- (rare) A blow, thrust, or poke.
- (slang, now historical) An unskillful, awkward person.
- (music, uncountable) A style of reggae music involving mixing of different audio tracks.
- (golf) A poorly executed shot.
- (video games, Internet slang) A win.
- (music, uncountable) A trend in music starting in 2009, in which bass distortion is synced off timing to electronic dance music.
verb
noun
- a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
- a descriptive name for a place or thing
- A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.
- A familiar, shortened or diminutive name for a person or thing.
noun
noun
- An informal title that is used to create a nickname, placeholder name, or other moniker for a male.
- A title used to designate the (male) winner of certain kinds of competition.
- An official form of address to a male president of a nation.
- A formal address to any male official of an organization.
- (colloquial, sometimes hostile, sometimes written 'mister') Used by itself as a familiar term of address to a man whose name is unknown, or sometimes even if the name is known.
- With a surname.
- (regional or dated subservient) With a first name only.
- With a full name.
- A male warrant officer or cadet in the United States Military Academy at West Point.
- An official title of a military man, usually anyone below rank of captain.
- a form of address for a man
name
prep_phrase
name
- (informal) A male nickname.
- A township in Harnett County, North Carolina, United States.
- (informal, usually with the definite article) The American actor John Wayne.
- An unincorporated community in Phelps County, Missouri, United States.
- (countable) A surname originating as an occupation for service in the household of a duke, or from a nickname.
- (countable) A male given name from English; mostly US and rather rare.
- (informal) Ellipsis of Duke University, a private university in Durham, North Carolina, USA.
noun
noun
- A title or epithet.
- A beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book, typically serving to contextualize or explain the writing of the book and sometimes to acknowledge others' contributions; especially, such a discussion written by the work's own author.
- An introduction, or series of preliminary remarks.
- (Christianity) A variable prayer forming the prelude or introduction to the Eucharistic Prayer or canon of the Mass, following the Sursum corda dialogue and leading into the Sanctus.
- a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
verb
verb
- provide with a name or nickname
- touch a player while they are holding the ball
- go after with the intent to catch
- attach a tag or label to
- supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes
- (transitive) To fit with, or as if with, a tag or tags.
- (transitive) To remove dung tags from a sheep.
- (transitive, baseball, colloquial) To hit the ball hard.
- (transitive, computing) To mark with a tag (metadata for classification).
- (transitive, baseball) To put a runner out by touching them with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.
- (transitive, Internet) To attach the name of (a user) to a posted message so that they are linked from the post and possibly sent a notification.
- (transitive) To mark (something) with one's graffiti tag.
- (transitive) To fasten; to attach.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang, 1990s) to have sex with someone (especially a man of a woman)
- (transitive, online gaming, slang) To make contact with an enemy, usually by attacking it before other players do, to establish exclusive or partial eligibility for loot, experience points achievements, etc.
- To follow closely, accompany, tag along.
- (transitive) To catch and touch (a player in the game of tag).
- (transitive) To label (something).
- (transitive, music) To repeat (the ending of a song); to play a tag
noun
- a small piece of cloth
- a label associated with something for the purpose of identification
- a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
- a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser
- (sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game)
- (chiefly US) A vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data (animals, soldiers).
- (heading) Signature.
- The last line (or last two lines) of a song's chorus that is repeated to indicate the end of the song.
- (heading) Physical appendage.
- (slang) A person's name.
- (computing) A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.
- Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely.
- (informal, authorship) An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said") or attributed words (e.g. "he thought").
- (biochemistry) Any short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins mostly in order to help purify, solubilize or visualize these proteins.
- (computing) A keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information enabling keyword-based classification; often used to categorize content.
- A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.
- A small label.
- Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the artist.
- A decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls, especially in Stam style.
- Something mean and paltry; the rabble, originally refer to rag as torn cloth.
- A sheep in its first year.
- (uncountable) A game, especially for children on playgrounds, in which one player (known as "it") attempts to touch another, who then becomes "it"; any similar game of chasing and trying to reach, touch, shoot, or label other players.
- The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
- (television) The last scene of a TV program, often focusing on the program's subplot.
- A type of cardboard.
- A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.
- (baseball) An instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand to rule him "out."
- A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
name
noun
- (Mormonism) A Latter-day Saint, a Mormon.
- (sports) Someone connected with any of the sports teams known as the Saints, such as a player or coach, or sometimes a fan.
- (UK, rail transport) Saint class, a class of steam locomotives used on the GWR.
- A title given to a saint, often prefixed to the person's name.
noun
- A personal name or nickname; an informal label, often drawing attention to a particular attribute.
- A person's signature.
- (computing) An object (structured item of data) used to associate the name of an object with its location.
- a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
name
name
- A surname transferred from the nickname, originating as a nickname.
- An unincorporated community in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- In Commonwealth realms, the personification of the Crown, particularly in legal matters.
- An unincorporated community in Eddy County, New Mexico, United States, named after the Queen Ranch.
- Alternative letter-case form of queen (“Virgin Mary”).
noun
name
name
name
name
name
noun
- (slang) A name or nickname, especially as an identifier over the radio or Internet.
- (slang) A person's nose.
- (computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
- (algebraic geometry) The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components in exactly one point.
- (US) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol.
- (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.
- (geography, Newfoundland and Labrador, rare) A point, an extremity of land.
- An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool, or an opportunity or pretext.
- (horse racing, gambling) The amount wagered in the various pari-mutuel pools for a particular event or events.
- The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
- (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.
- (Australia, chiefly Northern Territory, New Zealand) A 10 fluid ounce (285 mL) glass of beer.
- (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional balls.
- (UK, informal) A traditional dimpled glass with a handle, for serving a pint of beer.
- (slang) A title attached to one's name, such as Doctor or Colonel.
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
verb
- (intransitive) To use the hands.
- (transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
- (soccer, intransitive) To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball.
- (transitive) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
- (transitive) To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
- (transitive) To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
- (transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
- (transitive) To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
- (transitive) To manage, control, or direct.
- (intransitive) To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).
- (transitive, rare) To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
- (transitive) To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- handle effectively
- interact in a certain way
- touch, lift, or hold with the hands
- be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
- show and train
noun
- An antonym.
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- (mathematics) An additive inverse.
- An opponent.
- A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things.
- a relation of direct opposition
- something inverted in sequence or character or effect
- a contestant that you are matched against
- a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
adj
- Facing in the other direction.
- Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
- Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
- (botany) Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
- Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
- characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
- the other one of a complementary pair
- moving or facing away from each other
- altogether different in nature or quality or significance
- being directly across from each other; facing
- of leaves etc.; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
adv
prep
noun
- (taxonomy) A specific epithet.
- (chemistry) A commonly used, non-systematic name of a chemical compound. Trivial names for many compounds have been in use since long before their exact chemical structures were determined.
- A non-systematic name for a chemical element (see systematic element name).
- (biology) A commonly used, non-systematic name for an organism.
noun
- A person’s nickname on the street, such as a gangster or mafia name; (loosely) any nickname.
- The slang term for a drug when it is traded as a street drug.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see street, name.
- slang for something (especially for an illegal drug)
- the name of a street
- the name of a brokerage firm in which stock is held on behalf of a customer
- an alternative name that a person chooses or is given (especially in inner city neighborhoods)
suffix
- Forming familiar names, pet names, nicknames and terms of endearment.
- Added for metrical reasons to songs, often in children's music where it may carry diminutive associations.
- Forming colloquial interjections or phrases.
- Forming nouns relative to an adjective.
- Used in the name of some locations which end in -ia in Latin.
- Forming diminutive nouns.
- Added to verbs to form adjectives meaning "inclined to".
- Forming abstract nouns denoting a condition, quality, or state.
- Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives meaning “having the quality of”, either “involving the referent” or “analogous to it”.
- (occasionally derogatory) Forming colloquial nouns signifying the person or thing associated with suffixed noun or verb.
article
- (colloquial) Precedes a familiar nickname or other term of address.
- Used before an adjective, indicating all things (especially persons) described by that adjective.
- Added to a superlative or an ordinal number to make it into a substantive.
- Introducing a singular term to be taken generically: preceding a name of something standing for a whole class.
- Used in many idiomatic expressions and proverbs to refer to common objects, roles, or situations connected with something definite, in the manner of an analogy
- Used before a demonym ending in -ish or -ese to refer to people of a given country collectively.
- When stressed, used before the name of a famous person, to distinguish said person from a hypothetical lesser-known person with the same name.
- ...because it has already been mentioned, is to be completely specified in the same sentence, or very shortly thereafter.
- Used with the plural of a surname to indicate the entire family.
- Used before a noun phrase beginning with superlative or comparative adjective or an ordinal number, indicating that the noun refers to a single item.
- When stressed, indicates that it describes something which is considered to be best or exclusively worthy of attention.
- Used to indicate a certain example of (a noun) which is usually of most concern or most common or familiar.
- Used before a body part, a family member, a pet (especially of someone previously mentioned), as an alternative to a possessive pronoun.
- Used before a noun designating something considered to be unique, or of which there is only one at a time.
adv
prep
pron
adj
adv
- In the same manner or to the same extent as aforementioned; likewise, also.
- Indeed.
- (informal) at all (negative clause).
- To the (explicitly stated) extent.
- To the (implied) extent.
- (with as): To such an extent or degree; as.
- Very much.
- Very (positive or negative clause).
- in the same way; also
- to a very great extent or degree
- (used to introduce a logical conclusion) from that fact or reason or as a result
- in truth (often tends to intensify)
- in the way indicated
- (usually followed by ‘that’) to an extent or degree as expressed
- in a manner that facilitates
- in such a condition or manner, especially as expressed or implied
- subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors)
- to a certain unspecified extent or degree
conj
intj
- Used as a question to ask for further explanation of something said, often rhetorically or in a dismissive or impolite manner.
- Used as a meaningless filler word to begin a response to a question.
- Used after a pause for thought to introduce a new topic, question or story, or a new thought or question in continuation of an existing topic.
noun
adj
- Assigned to or bearing a person's name.
- (taxonomy) Of a species, the species name without consideration of whether it is a junior synonym or in reality consists of more than one biological species.
- Existing in name only.
- (statistics, of a variable) Having values whose order is insignificant.
- Insignificantly small.
- (finance) Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation.
- (philosophy) Of or relating to nominalism.
- Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.
- (economics) Without adjustment to remove the effects of inflation.
- (grammar) Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun.
- (engineering) According to plan or design.
- (finance) Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value.
- Of or relating to the presumed or approximate value, rather than the actual value.
- of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation
- existing in name only
- insignificantly small; a matter of form only (‘tokenish’ is informal)
- pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun
- relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name
- named; bearing the name of a specific person
noun
- (UK, police jargon) A person listed in the Police National Computer database as having been convicted, cautioned or recently arrested.
- (grammar) A noun or word group that functions as part of a noun phrase.
- A number (usually natural) used like a name; a numeric code or identifier. (See nominal number on Wikipedia.)
- (grammar) A part of speech that shares features with nouns and adjectives. (Depending on the language, it may comprise nouns, adjectives, possibly numerals, pronouns, and participles.)
- a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb
noun
- A nickname or epithet.
- An object of notoriety or contempt, scorn or derision.
- Someone or something that stands as an example (i.e. metonymically) for something else, by having some of that something's characteristic traits.
- A characteristic word or expression; a word or phrase associated with a person or group.
- A proverb or proverbial expression, common saying; a frequently used word or phrase.
- a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people
noun
noun
- An informal title that is used to create a nickname, placeholder name, or other moniker for a male.
- A title used to designate the (male) winner of certain kinds of competition.
- An official form of address to a male president of a nation.
- A formal address to any male official of an organization.
- (colloquial, sometimes hostile, sometimes written 'mister') Used by itself as a familiar term of address to a man whose name is unknown, or sometimes even if the name is known.
- With a surname.
- (regional or dated subservient) With a first name only.
- With a full name.
- A male warrant officer or cadet in the United States Military Academy at West Point.
- An official title of a military man, usually anyone below rank of captain.
- a form of address for a man
name
noun
- A title or epithet.
- A beginning or introductory portion that comes before the main text of a document or book, typically serving to contextualize or explain the writing of the book and sometimes to acknowledge others' contributions; especially, such a discussion written by the work's own author.
- An introduction, or series of preliminary remarks.
- (Christianity) A variable prayer forming the prelude or introduction to the Eucharistic Prayer or canon of the Mass, following the Sursum corda dialogue and leading into the Sanctus.
- a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book
verb
noun
- A personal name or nickname; an informal label, often drawing attention to a particular attribute.
- A person's signature.
- (computing) An object (structured item of data) used to associate the name of an object with its location.
- a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
noun
- (slang) A name or nickname, especially as an identifier over the radio or Internet.
- (slang) A person's nose.
- (computing) A reference to an object or structure that can be stored in a variable.
- (algebraic geometry) The smooth, irreducible subcurve of a comb which connects to each of the other components in exactly one point.
- (US) A half-gallon (1.75-liter) bottle of alcohol.
- (gambling) The gross amount of wagering within a given period of time or for a given event at one of more establishments.
- (geography, Newfoundland and Labrador, rare) A point, an extremity of land.
- An instrument for effecting a purpose (either literally or figuratively); a tool, or an opportunity or pretext.
- (horse racing, gambling) The amount wagered in the various pari-mutuel pools for a particular event or events.
- The part of an object which is (designed to be) held in the hand when used or moved.
- (textiles) The tactile qualities of a fabric, e.g., softness, firmness, elasticity, fineness, resilience, and other qualities perceived by touch.
- (Australia, chiefly Northern Territory, New Zealand) A 10 fluid ounce (285 mL) glass of beer.
- (topology) A topological space homeomorphic to a ball but viewed as a product of two lower-dimensional balls.
- (UK, informal) A traditional dimpled glass with a handle, for serving a pint of beer.
- (slang) A title attached to one's name, such as Doctor or Colonel.
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
verb
- (intransitive) To use the hands.
- (transitive, rare) To accustom to the hand; to take care of with the hands.
- (soccer, intransitive) To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball.
- (transitive) To receive and transfer; to have pass through one's hands; hence, to buy and sell.
- (transitive) To deal with (a subject, argument, topic, or theme) in speaking, in writing, or in art.
- (transitive) To put up with; to endure (and continue to function).
- (transitive) To manage, use, or wield with the hands.
- (transitive) To touch; to feel or hold with the hand(s).
- (transitive) To manage, control, or direct.
- (intransitive) To behave in a particular way when handled (managed, controlled, directed).
- (transitive, rare) To be concerned with; to be an expert in.
- (transitive) To treat, to deal with (in a specified way).
- act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
- handle effectively
- interact in a certain way
- touch, lift, or hold with the hands
- be in charge of, act on, or dispose of
- show and train
noun
- An antonym.
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- (mathematics) An additive inverse.
- An opponent.
- A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things.
- a relation of direct opposition
- something inverted in sequence or character or effect
- a contestant that you are matched against
- a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other
adj
- Facing in the other direction.
- Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
- Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
- (botany) Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
- Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
- characterized by opposite extremes; completely opposed
- the other one of a complementary pair
- moving or facing away from each other
- altogether different in nature or quality or significance
- being directly across from each other; facing
- of leaves etc.; growing in pairs on either side of a stem
adv
prep
noun
- (taxonomy) A specific epithet.
- (chemistry) A commonly used, non-systematic name of a chemical compound. Trivial names for many compounds have been in use since long before their exact chemical structures were determined.
- A non-systematic name for a chemical element (see systematic element name).
- (biology) A commonly used, non-systematic name for an organism.
noun
- A person’s nickname on the street, such as a gangster or mafia name; (loosely) any nickname.
- The slang term for a drug when it is traded as a street drug.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see street, name.
- slang for something (especially for an illegal drug)
- the name of a street
- the name of a brokerage firm in which stock is held on behalf of a customer
- an alternative name that a person chooses or is given (especially in inner city neighborhoods)
verb
- give a nickname to
- raise (someone) to knighthood
- provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language
- To mix audio tracks to produce a new sound; to remix.
- To clothe or invest; to ornament; to adorn.
- To make a noise by brisk drumbeats.
- To prepare (a gamecock) for fighting, by trimming the hackles and cutting off the comb and wattles.
- (transitive, now informal) To name, to entitle, to call.
- To strike cloth with teasels to raise a nap.
- To make a copy from an original or master audio tape.
- (golf) To execute a shot poorly.
- To dress with an adze.
- To rub or dress with grease, as leather in the process of currying it.
- (transitive) To deem.
- (transitive, now historical or ceremonial) To confer knighthood; the conclusion of the ceremony was marked by a tap on the shoulder with a sword, the accolade.
- To add sound to film or change audio on film.
- To replace the original soundtrack of a film with a synchronized translation
- To do something badly.
- To dress a fishing fly.
noun
- the new sounds added by dubbing
- (countable) The replacement of a voice part in a movie or cartoon, particularly with a translation; an instance of dubbing.
- (slang, countable) A piece of graffiti in metallic colour with a thick black outline.
- (slang) A twenty-dollar sack of marijuana.
- (UK, dialect) A pool or puddle.
- Clipping of double-u.
- (slang) A wheel rim measuring 20 inches or more.
- (music, countable) A mostly instrumental remix with all or part of the vocals removed.
- (India, historical) A small copper coin once used in India.
- (rare) A blow, thrust, or poke.
- (slang, now historical) An unskillful, awkward person.
- (music, uncountable) A style of reggae music involving mixing of different audio tracks.
- (golf) A poorly executed shot.
- (video games, Internet slang) A win.
- (music, uncountable) A trend in music starting in 2009, in which bass distortion is synced off timing to electronic dance music.
verb
noun
- a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name)
- a descriptive name for a place or thing
- A familiar, invented name for a person or thing used instead of the actual name of the person or thing, often based on some noteworthy characteristic.
- A familiar, shortened or diminutive name for a person or thing.
verb
- provide with a name or nickname
- touch a player while they are holding the ball
- go after with the intent to catch
- attach a tag or label to
- supply (blank verse or prose) with rhymes
- (transitive) To fit with, or as if with, a tag or tags.
- (transitive) To remove dung tags from a sheep.
- (transitive, baseball, colloquial) To hit the ball hard.
- (transitive, computing) To mark with a tag (metadata for classification).
- (transitive, baseball) To put a runner out by touching them with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand.
- (transitive, Internet) To attach the name of (a user) to a posted message so that they are linked from the post and possibly sent a notification.
- (transitive) To mark (something) with one's graffiti tag.
- (transitive) To fasten; to attach.
- (transitive, vulgar, slang, 1990s) to have sex with someone (especially a man of a woman)
- (transitive, online gaming, slang) To make contact with an enemy, usually by attacking it before other players do, to establish exclusive or partial eligibility for loot, experience points achievements, etc.
- To follow closely, accompany, tag along.
- (transitive) To catch and touch (a player in the game of tag).
- (transitive) To label (something).
- (transitive, music) To repeat (the ending of a song); to play a tag
noun
- a small piece of cloth
- a label associated with something for the purpose of identification
- a label written or printed on paper, cardboard, or plastic that is attached to something to indicate its owner, nature, price, etc.
- a game in which one child chases the others; the one who is caught becomes the next chaser
- (sports) the act of touching a player in a game (which changes their status in the game)
- (chiefly US) A vehicle number plate; a medal bearing identification data (animals, soldiers).
- (heading) Signature.
- The last line (or last two lines) of a song's chorus that is repeated to indicate the end of the song.
- (heading) Physical appendage.
- (slang) A person's name.
- (computing) A piece of markup representing an element in a markup language.
- Any slight appendage, as to an article of dress; something slight hanging loosely.
- (informal, authorship) An attribution in narrated dialogue (eg, "he said") or attributed words (e.g. "he thought").
- (biochemistry) Any short peptide sequence artificially attached to proteins mostly in order to help purify, solubilize or visualize these proteins.
- (computing) A keyword, term, or phrase associated with or assigned to data, media, and/or information enabling keyword-based classification; often used to categorize content.
- A skin tag, an excrescence of skin.
- A small label.
- Graffiti in the form of a stylized signature particular to the artist.
- A decoration drawn over some Hebrew letters in Jewish scrolls, especially in Stam style.
- Something mean and paltry; the rabble, originally refer to rag as torn cloth.
- A sheep in its first year.
- (uncountable) A game, especially for children on playgrounds, in which one player (known as "it") attempts to touch another, who then becomes "it"; any similar game of chasing and trying to reach, touch, shoot, or label other players.
- The end, or catchword, of an actor's speech; cue.
- (television) The last scene of a TV program, often focusing on the program's subplot.
- A type of cardboard.
- A dangling lock of sheep's wool, matted with dung; a dung tag.
- (baseball) An instance of touching the baserunner with the ball or the ball in a gloved hand to rule him "out."
- A metallic binding, tube, or point, at the end of a string, or lace, to stiffen it.
adj
- Assigned to or bearing a person's name.
- (taxonomy) Of a species, the species name without consideration of whether it is a junior synonym or in reality consists of more than one biological species.
- Existing in name only.
- (statistics, of a variable) Having values whose order is insignificant.
- Insignificantly small.
- (finance) Of, relating to, or being the rate of interest or return without adjustment for compounding or inflation.
- (philosophy) Of or relating to nominalism.
- Of, resembling, relating to, or consisting of a name or names.
- (economics) Without adjustment to remove the effects of inflation.
- (grammar) Of or relating to a noun or word group that functions as a noun.
- (engineering) According to plan or design.
- (finance) Of, relating to, or being the amount or face value of a sum of money or a stock certificate, for example, and not the purchasing power or market value.
- Of or relating to the presumed or approximate value, rather than the actual value.
- of, relating to, or characteristic of an amount that is not adjusted for inflation
- existing in name only
- insignificantly small; a matter of form only (‘tokenish’ is informal)
- pertaining to a noun or to a word group that functions as a noun
- relating to or constituting or bearing or giving a name
- named; bearing the name of a specific person
noun
- (UK, police jargon) A person listed in the Police National Computer database as having been convicted, cautioned or recently arrested.
- (grammar) A noun or word group that functions as part of a noun phrase.
- A number (usually natural) used like a name; a numeric code or identifier. (See nominal number on Wikipedia.)
- (grammar) A part of speech that shares features with nouns and adjectives. (Depending on the language, it may comprise nouns, adjectives, possibly numerals, pronouns, and participles.)
- a phrase that can function as the subject or object of a verb