Hashtag

Quick meaning: Hashtag is a noun meaning (Internet) A metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign (#), used to label content.

Meaning

(Internet) A metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign (#), used to label content.

More Meanings

1. (Internet, metonymic, informal) The hash sign itself, especially when used as part of a hashtag.
2. (ambitransitive, Internet) To label (a message) with a hashtag.

Example Sentences

You're perpetually stoned, aren't you? Hashtag four twenty four seven.

You can also search for a hashtag by typing a topic (without the #) in the search box and clicking Search.

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.

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.

Word Forms

• hashtags
• hashtagging
• hashtagged

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include slashtag, hashflag, cashtag, hash, hashmark, octothorpe.

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