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hashtags

hashtags is the plural of hashtag.

Meaning of hashtag

Noun

hashtag (plural hashtags)

  1. (Internet) 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 #twitter2007 Aug 25, Stowe Boyd, tweet, https://twitter.com/stoweboyd/status/226570552
  2. (Internet, informal, metonymically) 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.2016, Emily Giffin, First Comes Love: A Novel, New York City: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 40

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Questions about hashtags

What is hashtags the plural of?
Hashtags is the plural of hashtag.

Words near hashtags in the dictionary

  1. hashtagification
  2. hashtagified
  3. hashtagifies
  4. hashtagify
  5. hashtagifying
  6. hashtags
  7. hashtivism
  8. hashtivist
  9. hashtree
  10. hashtrees
  11. hashy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hashtags (page history and authors); hashtag (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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