Hashtag (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

Admin
noun
  1. (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.
    • a word or phrase preceded by a hash mark (#) or by the word hashtag, used to add wit or emphasis to a spoken or written statement.
    • a hash mark or the word hashtag used in this way, as in the sentence His goodbye was so hashtag awkward.
verb (used with or without object), hash·tagged, hash·tag·ging.
  1. to add a hashtag to (a word, topic, or message): Someone on Twitter just hashtagged the film festival.
noun
  1. (on the Twitter website) a word or phrase preceded by a hash mark, used to denote the topic of a post
Hashtag (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

More Definitions