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tabbing

  • present participle of tab.

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“Kind of like collecting Pokémon, except instead of collecting Pokémon, I’m tabbing birds in my guide book.”

From Salon • Jul. 29, 2025

He didn’t look far, tabbing Giants pro scouting director Zack Minasian as the new GM, the team announced Friday.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2024

I careened across the internet like a drunk, tabbing: small-space decoration ideas; author interviews; videos of cake frosting; Renaissance paintings with feminist captions.

From Slate • Jan. 8, 2020

To that end, owner Dan Gilbert has taken the bold and unusual step of tabbing a high-profile college coach, Michigan’s John Beilein, to oversee what surely will be an extended rebuilding process.

From Washington Post • May 13, 2019

I dumped my valises, horned into that bunch, picked her off the truck and carried her away on my shoulder, while the professor yelled at me, and the other ginks were tabbing up their additions.

From The Million-Dollar Suitcase by MacGowan, Alice