tad /taed/ noun a tad [sing.] (informal) a very small amount '>H; —AJL: Could you turn the sound down just a tad?     <%? ► a tad adv. ■. It’s

a tad too expensive for me.

tad-pole /’taedpaul; NAmE -poul/ (NAmE also polli-wog) noun a small creature with a large head and a small tail, that lives in water and is the young form of a frog or toad !^[44 — picture c> page R29 tae kwon do /,tai ,kwDn 'dau; AMmf.kwain 'dou/ noun [u] a Korean system of fighting without weapons, similar tO KARATE

taf feta /'taefita/ noun [U] a type of stiff shiny cloth made from silk or a similar material, used especially for making dresses fgAIH

Taffy /'taefi/ noun (pi -ies) (also Taff /tsef/) (BrE, informal, often offensive) a person from Wales taffy /'taefi/ noun (pi -ies) [U, C] (NAmE) a type of soft sweet/candy made of brown sugar boiled until it is very thick and given different shapes and colours A $2 «t; ?LJi0bl tag /taeg/ noun, verb

unoun 1 [C] (often in compounds   H'p is]) a small

piece of paper, cloth, plastic, etc. attached to sth to identify it or give information about it       : He

put name tags on all his shirts,

±7MSi. 0 a gift tag (= tied to a present) ah O The police use electronic tags to monitor the whereabouts of young offenders on probation.

—see also price

tag o note at label 2 [C, usually sing.] a name or phrase that is used to describe a person or thing in some way ; W£: They are finally ready to drop the tag ‘the

new Beatles’.        “frMAAAIA”

if 0 o The ‘lucky’ tag stuck for years. “AfeJL”

£al\T3 [C] (linguistics i§W) a word or phrase that is added to a sentence for emphasis, for example

1                  do in Yes, I do      Yes, I do

I do ) — see also question tag 4 [C] (computing if) a set of letters or symbols that are put before and after a piece of text or data in order to identify it or show that it is to be treated in a particular way t5UE;          feiR

if 5 [C] a short quotation or saying in a foreign language ( £b0i£#l ) i§^, 3|ig,       the

Latin tag ‘Si vis pacem, para bellum.’ (= if you want peace, prepare for war) ©Ti§*& m :  Mlm

^S(i0 ” 6 (BrE also tig) [U] a children’s game in which one child chases the others and tries to touch one of them          ) 7[C]a symbol or name used by

a graffiti writer and painted in a public place (   £

mverb (-gg-) 1 [VN] to fasten a tag onto sth/sb -jjpAfo Each animal was tagged with a number for identifi­cation.         u&mXo

— see also electronic tagging 2 [VN] ~ sb/sth as sth to give sb/sth a name that describes what they are or doJE -T^f^;      an label- The country no

longer wanted to be tagged as a Third World nation. ^ 3 [vn] (computing

if) to add a set of letters or symbols to a piece of text or data in order to identify it or show that it is to be treated in a particular way tPfeiEif (     ) 7

yiiklkyj ,tag along (behind/with sb) to go somewhere with sb, especially when you have not been asked or invited mm, mm ( AtH A^JtiMii ) ,tag sth- 'on | ,tag sth 'onto sth to add sth to the end of sth that already exists, especially in a careless way ( ftWifk 7f£'l>ife ) ^•••j!jP±, PttJP: An apology was tagged onto the end of the letter, if

Taga-log /ta'gailng; NAmE -lo:g/ noun [U] the national language spoken in the Philippine islands #, infill ( il

nxrnwmm)

taglia-telle /.taelja'teli; NAmE ,ta:l-/ noun [u] (from Italian) pasta in the shape of long flat strips M A #!l /ra

'tag line noun (NAmE, informal) 1 = punchline

2                  =slogan

‘tag question noun (grammar ilfA) = question tag

ta-hini /ta:‘hi:ni; ta'h-/ (also ta°hina /tai'hiina; ta'h-/) noun [U] a thick mixture made with crushed sesame seeds, eaten in the Middle East ( t’ai chi ch’uan /.taitji: 'tjwain/ (also ,t’ai ’chi) noun [U] (from Chinese) a Chinese system of exercises consisting of sets of very slow controlled movements AM^ taiga /'taiga/ noun [sing., U] forest that grows in wet ground in far northern regions of the earth S/JP# ( A the Siberian taiga

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tail 0-w /tell/ noun, verb m noun

3                  OF BIRD/ANIMAL/FISH % ; ft ; ft 1 [C] the part that

sticks out and can be moved at the back of the body of a bird, an animal or a fish m; m B: The dog ran up, wagging its tail.   o The

male has beautiful tail feathers. $f£ ft rr M 55 <,

—                 picture o page R28 — see also ponytail

4                  -TAILED f-IE 2 (in adjectives j&nA^Wis]) having the type of tail mentioned W ■ - ■ m B : a white-tailed eagle

&mm

5                  OF PLANE/SPACECRAFT TtfJt;    3 [C] the back part

of a plane, spacecraft, etc. MrP; MbP: the tail wing %% — picture o page Rii

6                  BACK/END OF STH fp U; AM 4 [C] ~ (of sth) a part of sth

that sticks out at the back like a tail M5£/e5!$; M5k#J: the tail of a kite          5 [C] ~ (of sth) the last part

of sth that is moving away from you (      ) A

M : the tail of the procession Wff lAffiAM — see also TAIL END

7                  JACKET 1: A 6 tails [pi.] (also tail-coat [C]) a long jacket divided at the back below the waist into two pieces that become narrower at the bottom, worn by men at very formal events s&MBK; J? ABfc^LBK: The men all wore top hat and tails.

M 0    — see also coat-tails, shirt tail — compare

DINNER JACKET, MORNING COAT

8                  SIDE OF COIN 5jg ifi 7 tails [U] the side of a coin that does not have a picture of the head of a person on it, used as one choice when a coin is tossed to decide sth

w-ffi ) —compare

HEAD n.(7)

9                  PERSON WHO FOLLOWS SB f 8 [C] (informal) a person who is sent to follow sb secretly and find out informa­tion about where that person goes, what they do, etc. BTffi A; Bs U: The police have put a tail on him. f? A

BIA4«ItSTIo

► tail-less adj.: Manx cats are tailless, ft J§. ft jffi ?£ 7M B o iT»T7n on sb’s ’tail (informal) following behind sb very closely, especially in a car ( Ata Jf A ) mm

the tail (is) wagging the ‘dog used to describe a situ­ation in which the most important aspect is being influenced and controlled by sb/sth that is not as important ( A   ) 7

turn 'tail to run away from a fight or dangerous situation (  ) MMMM, ilil, lift

with your tail between your 'legs (informal) feeling ashamed or unhappy because you have been defeated or punished

—                 more at bright-eyed, chase v., head n., nose n., sting n.

mverb [VN] to follow sb closely, especially in order to watch where they go and what they do ; MRS; BT ft] HT1 shadow : A private detective had been tailing them for several weeks.

ML iTTTTIl see top v. IJSklTi tail a'way/'off (especially BrE) to become smaller or weaker @ A M A (

M ) ; ill $1 A : The number of tourists tails off in October. A j      0 ‘But why ... ?’Her

voice tailed away. “ jM Ji A A £> ■ • ■ ? ” M A77 Ac .tail 'back (of traffic ftffi) to form a tailback jAj® APA

tail-back /‘teilbaek/ noun (BrE) a long line of traffic that is moving slowly or not moving at all, because sth is blocking the road (        ) AIA,

tail-board /‘teilboid; NAmE -boird/ noun = tailgate

n.(l)