tag line
Dictionary
noun
- (authorship) A sentence part that attributes a piece of written dialogue to its speaker. (e.g. In "Get out of here," he said, "he said" is a dialogue tag.)
"Not every paragraph of dialogue needs to have a dialogue tag attached to it."
noun
- The punch line of a joke.
- An advertising slogan.
- A pithy quotation habitually appended to a signature in email, newsgroups, etc.
- A line attached to a draft of cargo or a container to provide control and minimize pendulation of cargo during lifting operations.
- A light rope attached to an object being hoisted by a crane, used to guide it while lifting or lowering.
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