hashtag

[ hash-tag ]

/ ˈhæʃˌtæg /

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noun

(on social media websites) a word or phrase preceded by a hash mark (#), used within a message to identify a keyword or topic of interest and facilitate a search for it: The hashtag #sandiegofire was used to help coordinate an emergency response to the fire.

a hash mark used in this way.

verb (used with or without object), hash·tagged, hash·tag·ging.

to add a hashtag to (a word, topic, or message): Someone on Twitter just hashtagged the film festival.

Nearby words

hashhead, hashimite, hashimoto's disease, hashing, hashish, hashtag, hasid, hasidean, hasidim, hasidism, haskalah

Origin of hashtag

2005–10; hash (mark) + tag¹ (in the sense “a label or keyword”)

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Examples from the Web for hashtag

Michelle Obama tweeting a hashtag is somehow cause for outrage.
Political Memes That Absolutely Must Die in 2015|Asawin Suebsaeng|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Who even needs a court of law, let alone victim testimony, now that we have the hashtag?
Shut Up, Lady Gaga’s Rape Isn’t About You|Amy Zimmerman|December 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The hashtag has been used to label general rants about people getting naked for attention.
#FixTheInternet: The Hashtag That Beat Back Kim Kardashian’s Butt|Emily Shire|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Go home and use that hashtag to let people know about the story.
The Dishonor of Honor Killings|Sara Stewart|October 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST

And briefly, it seemed like a hashtag triumph—pretty much everyone, everywhere, was outraged.
When Activism Is Worse Than Apathy|Nancy Kaffer|October 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for hashtag

hashtag

/ (ˈhæʃˌtæɡ) /

noun

(on the Twitter website) a word or phrase preceded by a hash mark, used to denote the topic of a post

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