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tab
1[ tab ]
noun
- a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
- a tag or label.
- a small projection from a card, paper, or folder, used as an aid in filing.
- Informal.
- a bill, as for a meal in a restaurant; check:
That dinner went way over my budget, so I was relieved when she offered to pick up the tab.
- a list of accruing costs, as drinks ordered in a bar: .
Go ahead and order another round of beers—we’ve got a running tab
- a small piece attached or intended to be attached, as to an automobile license plate.
- a small flap or tongue of material used to seal or close the opening of a container.
- Also called tabulator,. a key on a typewriter that moves the carriage, typing element, etc., a predetermined number of spaces, used for typing text in columns, for fixed indentations, etc.
- Also called tab key. a key on a computer keyboard that moves the cursor a predetermined number of spaces, used for keying text in columns or form fields, for fixed indentations, etc.
- Digital Technology.
- (in a web browser window or in a spreadsheet or other application) a page displayed by clicking on or selecting a user interface element that resembles a paper tab:
The third tab in the spreadsheet list expenses.
- the display of this user interface element:
I have too many tabs open in my browser right now.
- Theater.
- a small, often narrow, drop curtain, for masking part of the stage.
- Aeronautics. a small airfoil hinged to the rear portion of a control surface, as to an elevator, aileron, or rudder. Compare trim tab.
verb (used with object)
- to furnish or ornament with a tab or tabs.
- to name or designate.
verb (used without object)
- to operate the tab function on a typewriter or computer.
tab
2[ tab ]
noun
- Slang. a tablet, as of a drug or medication.
- Informal. tabloid ( def 1 ).
tab.
3abbreviation for
- tables.
- (in prescriptions) tablet.
TAB
1abbreviation for
- typhoid-paratyphoid A and B (vaccine)
- Totalizator Agency Board
tab.
2abbreviation for
- table (list or chart)
tab
4/ tæb /
noun
- a small flap of material, esp one on a garment for decoration or for fastening to a button
- any similar flap, such as a piece of paper attached to a file for identification
- a small auxiliary aerofoil on the trailing edge of a rudder, aileron, or elevator, etc, to assist in the control of the aircraft in flight See also trim tab
- military the insignia on the collar of a staff officer
- a bill, esp one for a meal or drinks
- dialect.a cigarette
- keep tabs on informal.to keep a watchful eye on
verb
- tr to supply (files, clothing, etc) with a tab or tabs
Word History and Origins
Origin of tab1
Origin of tab2
Origin of tab3
Word History and Origins
Origin of tab1
Idioms and Phrases
- keep tabs / tab on, Informal. to keep an account of; check on; observe:
The police kept tabs on the suspect's activities.
More idioms and phrases containing tab
see keep tabs on .Example Sentences
That victory for the tab became a bargaining chip in all future dealings with the superstar.
Runaway corporations benefited from those policies but want U.S. companies to pay their share of the tab.
They started the tab; as a country, we have simply, and certainly, continued it.
Place your order and you are given a little tab of paper with the price marked on it.
Critics run that tab as high as $4 billion, calculating the lost tax revenues over 40 years.
He had his key ready in his hand, terra cotta-hued tab swinging loose.
Short hard radiation emitted from the tab neutralized the claws, put them out of commission.
Radiation tabs protected the UN troops, but if a man lost his tab he was fair game for the claws, no matter what his uniform.
In two little hours we came to Antab (An-tab), having crossed the Sejour at a bridge about three quarters of an hour before.
It was a sedan with a neat little drive-yourself tab on the right-hand door.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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