tab.
A small flap or strip of material attached to or inserted into something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.
Meaning & usage
A small flap or strip of material attached to or inserted into something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.
insert tab A into slot B
An ear.
A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls.
The page or form (for example, on a web browser or file manager) associated with such a navigational widget.
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A fast march or run with full kit.
Where this word comes from
First attested 1607, of uncertain origin.
To affix with tabs; to label.
Where this word comes from
First attested 1607, of uncertain origin.
A restaurant bill.
to pick up the tab
Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar; slate.
to start a tab
Put this round on my tab, please, barman.
The cost or bill for anything.
A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.
Where this word comes from
Apocopation (shortening) of (variously) tabulate, tabulator, or tabulation.
To use the Tab key on a computer to advance the cursor or move the input focus, or on a typewriter to advance the carriage.
Where this word comes from
Apocopation (shortening) of (variously) tabulate, tabulator, or tabulation.
A cigarette.
Lend us a tab!
Where this word comes from
Likely to have been formed by clipping the Geordie pronunciation of the word tobacco or alternatively from the brand name Ogden's Tabs.
A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of tablature.
A student of Cambridge University.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of Cantab, from Cantabrigian, from Latin Cantabrigia (“Cambridge”).
A tabloid newspaper.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of tabloid.
A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.
Where this word comes from
Clipping of tablet.
A tableau curtain.
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