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hashtag
- /ˈhæʃˌtæɡ/ US
Where it comes from
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.
noun hashtags
- A metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign (#), used to label content. I support the hash tag convention: http://tinyurl.com/2qttlb #hashtag #factoryjoe #twitter
- The hash sign itself, especially when used as part of a hashtag. 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.
verb hashtags · hashtagging · hashtagged
- To label (a message) with a hashtag. The photo-sharing site was riddled with fake accounts that liked, followed and hashtagged out the wazoo. Then came the great “Instagram Rapture,” Instagram’s pledge last December to clean out the fake accounts and do “everything possible to keep Instagram free from the fake and spammy accounts that
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: hash sign, hash mark, slashtag, hashflag, cashtag, hash, hashmark, number sign, octothorpe, splat, square, pound, fragment, hashbang, tone tag, atmark
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noun a tag with a hash sign
| Español | hashtag, etiqueta, almohadilla |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 해시태그 haesitaegeu |
| 日本語 | ハッシュタグ hasshutagu |
| 中文 | 井號標籤 /井号标签 jǐnghào biāoqiān |
| Português | marcador, hashtag |
| Français | mot-clic, mot-dièse, hashtag |
| Deutsch | Hashtag |
| Italiano | hashtag |
| Ελληνικά | χάσταγκ chástagk |
| Русский | ме́тка métka, хэште́г xɛštɛ́g, хеште́г xɛštɛ́g |
| العربية | وَسْم wasm, هَاشْتَاق hāštāq, هَاشْتَاغ hāštāḡ |
Talk about this word "hashtag." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hashtag. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hashtag. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hashtag "hashtag." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hashtag.Cite this
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title = {hashtag},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hashtag},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
