English Explanatory Dictionary

dialogue tag

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dialogue, tag.
  2. 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.)

Word forms

dialogue tag dialogue tags

Synonyms

speech tag attribution annunciatory clause quotative quotation marker tag tag line

Related words

said-bookism Tom Swifty
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