"hashtag" meaning in English

See hashtag in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈhæʃˌtæɡ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hashtag.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-hashtag.wav Forms: hashtags [plural]
enPR: hăsh'tăg [US] Etymology: From earlier hash tag, from hash (sign) + tag. The hash sign # was initially proposed as tag hash by Chris Messina to create groups on Twitter, modeled after the IRC channel prefix. First published use as hash tag by Stowe Boyd in 2007. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|hash|tag|alt1=hash (sign)|id1=symbol|id2=keyword}} hash (sign) + tag Head templates: {{en-noun}} hashtag (plural hashtags)
  1. (Internet) A metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign (#), used to label content. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet, Twitter
    Sense id: en-hashtag-en-noun-en:metadata_tag_marked_by_a_hash_sign Disambiguation of Twitter: 41 30 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 7 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Occitan translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Slovak translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 38 13 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 48 38 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 49 40 12 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 49 41 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 47 37 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 47 38 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 47 37 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 46 35 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 52 36 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 47 37 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 47 38 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 47 37 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 47 38 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 46 36 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 47 38 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 47 38 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 48 39 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hijazi Arabic translations: 49 37 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 45 29 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 47 38 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 47 37 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 48 39 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 48 39 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 47 38 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 47 37 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 46 32 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 47 38 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Occitan translations: 47 38 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 48 35 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 46 36 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 47 37 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 48 39 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovak translations: 47 37 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 48 39 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 47 38 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 47 37 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 47 38 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 47 38 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 47 37 16
  2. (Internet, metonymically, informal) The hash sign itself, when used as part of a hashtag. Tags: Internet, informal, metonymically Categories (topical): Internet
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bashtag, cashtag, hashtivism Translations (a tag with a hash sign): hutsmerk (Afrikaans), وَسْم (wasm) [masculine] (Arabic), هَاشْتَاق (hāštāq) [masculine] (Arabic), هَاشْتَاغ (hāštāḡ) [masculine] (Arabic), هاشْتاق (haštāg) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), հեշթեգ (heštʻeg) (Armenian), 井號標籤 (Chinese Mandarin), 井号标签 (jǐnghào biāoqiān) (Chinese Mandarin), hashtag [masculine] (Czech), heštek [humble, masculine, rare] (Czech), hashtag [neuter] (Danish), hashtag [masculine] (Dutch), kradvorto (Esperanto), hashtag (Estonian), räsimärk (Estonian), teemaviide (Estonian), aihetunniste (Finnish), hashtag (Finnish), hästäkki (Finnish), mot-clic [masculine] (French), mot-dièse [masculine] (French), hashtag [masculine] (French), cancelo [neuter] (Galician), ჰეშტეგი (hešṭegi) (Georgian), ჰეშთეგი (heštegi) (Georgian), Hashtag [neuter] (German), hashtag (Hungarian), myllumerki [neuter] (Icelandic), kassamerki [neuter] (Icelandic), tagar (Indonesian), tanda pagar (Indonesian), hashtag [masculine] (Italian), ハッシュタグ (hasshutagu) (Japanese), 해시태그 (haesitaegeu) (Korean), tanda pagar (Malay), tohumarau (Maori), etiqueta [feminine] (Occitan), هشتگ (haštag) (Persian), hashtag [masculine] (Polish), hasztag [masculine] (Polish), marcador [feminine] (Portuguese), hashtag [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), ме́тка (métka) [feminine] (Russian), хэште́г (xɛštɛ́g) [masculine] (Russian), хеште́г (xɛštɛ́g) [masculine] (Russian), hashtag [masculine] (Slovak), hashtag [masculine] (Spanish), etiqueta [feminine] (Spanish), almohadilla [feminine] (Spanish), hashtag (Swedish), แฮชแท็ก (hɛ́ch-tɛ̀k) (Thai), etiket (Turkish), геште́ґ (heštég) [masculine] (Ukrainian), хеште́г (xeštéh) [masculine] (Ukrainian), hashnod [masculine] (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'a tag with a hash sign': 55 45

Verb

IPA: /ˈhæʃˌtæɡ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hashtag.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-hashtag.wav Forms: hashtags [present, singular, third-person], hashtagging [participle, present], hashtagged [participle, past], hashtagged [past]
enPR: hăsh'tăg [US] Etymology: From earlier hash tag, from hash (sign) + tag. The hash sign # was initially proposed as tag hash by Chris Messina to create groups on Twitter, modeled after the IRC channel prefix. First published use as hash tag by Stowe Boyd in 2007. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|hash|tag|alt1=hash (sign)|id1=symbol|id2=keyword}} hash (sign) + tag Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} hashtag (third-person singular simple present hashtags, present participle hashtagging, simple past and past participle hashtagged)
  1. (transitive, intransitive, Internet) To label (a message) with a hashtag. Tags: Internet, intransitive, transitive Categories (topical): Internet Derived forms: hashtaggable, hashtagger
    Sense id: en-hashtag-en-verb-hUb3x5k6 Categories (other): Pages with 7 entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of Pages with 7 entries: 49 40 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 47 38 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 47 38 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 48 39 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 48 39 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 48 39 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 48 39 13

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "2007 Aug 25, Stowe Boyd, tweet, https://twitter.com/stoweboyd/status/226570552",
          "text": "I support the hash tag convention: http://tinyurl.com/2qttlb #hashtag #factoryjoe #twitter",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "ref": "2009, Paul McFedries, Pete Cashmore, Twitter Tips, Tricks, and Tweets:",
          "text": "You can also search for a hashtag by typing a topic (without the #) in the search box and clicking Search.",
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          "ref": "2009, Alistair Croll, Sean Power, Complete Web Monitoring:",
          "text": "While hashtags aren't formally part of Twitter, some clients, such as Tweetdeck, will persist hashtags across replies to create a sort of message threading.",
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          "ref": "2011, Rory Stewart, “Here we go again”, in London Review of Books, 33.VII:",
          "text": "The planes are moving into position. The foreign ministers of minor Arab states are taking calls on their cell-phones from Western politicians. Twitter accounts explode around the Libyan hash-tag.",
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          "ref": "2016, Emily Giffin, First Comes Love: A Novel, New York City: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 40:",
          "text": "I sound like a shitty mother and wife. Or at the very least an inadequate wife and ungrateful mother–which is in stark contrast to the image I try to portray on Instagram. Hashtag happy life. Hashtag beautiful family. Hashtag blessed.",
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        {
          "ref": "2018, John Allison, By Night, volume 1, Los Angeles, CA: Boom! Box, →ISBN, page n.p.:",
          "text": "You're perpetually stoned, aren't you? Hashtag four twenty four seven.",
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        {
          "ref": "2024 July 31, Heather Schwedel, Is J.D. Vance Wearing Eyeliner?:",
          "text": "The Occam’s razor explanation is that he’s just hashtag-blessed with the kind of lustrous lashes that many people spend a lot of money (and rack up a lot of Sephora Beauty Insider points) trying to get.",
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      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
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      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
      "word": "հեշթեգ"
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      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
      "word": "井號標籤"
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      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
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      "word": "hashtag"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hashtag"
    },
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      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
      "word": "hashtag"
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
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      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
      "word": "hashtag"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
      "word": "ჰეშტეგი"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
      "word": "tagar"
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      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
      "word": "tanda pagar"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "hashtag"
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
      "word": "ハッシュタグ"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "haesitaegeu",
      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
      "word": "해시태그"
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      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
      "word": "tanda pagar"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
      "word": "tohumarau"
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "etiqueta"
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      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "haštag",
      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
      "word": "هشتگ"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "marcador"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
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      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
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      "word": "hashtag"
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    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "แฮชแท็ก"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
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      "sense": "a tag with a hash sign",
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