hashtag
A metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign, used to label contentA metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign (#), used to label content.
» They asked the social media platforms to take down the hashtag.
Amastan · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
2 senses(Internet)A metadata tag, signaled by a preceding hash sign (#), used to label content.
Hashtag
ме́ткаmétka, хэште́гxɛštɛ́g, хеште́гxɛštɛ́g
геште́ґheštég, хеште́гxeštéh
metadata tag used on social network and microblogging services which makes it easier for users to find messages with a specific theme or content
(Internet, informal, metonymically)The hash sign itself, especially when used as part of a hashtag.
Examples
7 sentencesThey asked the social media platforms to take down the hashtag.
They took down the hashtag.
Ziri was using that hashtag.
To comment on a sentence, press the hashtag button, then go to the comment section.
ruЧтобы откомментировать предложение, нажми на решётку и прокрути к разделу комментариев. — Ooneykcall
Yanni tweeting tweets with the hashtag "Pray for Skura."
Translations
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Origin
From earlier hash tag, from hash (sign) + tag. The hash sign # was initially proposed as tFrom 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.
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