hashtag

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Pronunciation

• (America) enPR: hăsh'tăg, IPA: /ˈhæʃˌtæɡ/

Noun

hashtag (plural hashtags)

1. (Internet) A metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign (#), used to label content. [from 2007]
   • 2007 Aug 25, Stowe Boyd, tweet, https://twitter.com/stoweboyd/status/226570552

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   • 2009, Paul McFedries, Pete Cashmore, Twitter Tips, Tricks, and Tweets

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   • 2009, Alistair Croll, Sean Power, Complete Web Monitoring

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   • 2011, Rory Stewart, "Here we go again", London Review of Books, 33.VII:

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2. (internet, informal) The hash sign itself.

Translations

• French: mot-clic, mot-dièse, hashtag
• German: Hashtag
• Italian: hashtag
• Portuguese: marcador, hashtag
• Russian: ме́тка
• Spanish: hashtag, etiqueta

Verb

hashtag (hashtags, present participle hashtagging; past and past participle hashtagged)

1. (transitive, Internet) To label (a message) with a hashtag.

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