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tab

noun
/tæb/

Etymology

Likely to have been formed by clipping the Geordie pronunciation of the word tobacco or alternatively from the brand name Ogden's Tabs.

  1. derived from Cantabrigia — “Cambridge”

Definitions

  1. A small flap or strip of material attached to or inserted into something, for holding,…

    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
    • "His name was written upon a tab within it - Maple White, Lake Avenue, Detroit, Michigan."
    • He pulls off his belt, cursing as the studs catch in the tabs of his jeans.

  2. An ear.

  3. A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets…

    A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls.

  4. ›+ 16 more definitions

    1. The page or form (for example, on a web browser or file manager) associated with such a…

      The page or form (for example, on a web browser or file manager) associated with such a navigational widget.

      • How many tabs are open on your browser right now?
      • That’s the relief I feel when clearing all the tabs in my internet browser. Clicking the crosses like a long line of kisses finally indulged.

    2. A fast march or run with full kit.

    3. To affix with tabs

      To affix with tabs; to label.

    4. A restaurant bill.

      • to pick up the tab

    5. Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar

      Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar; slate.

      • to start a tab
      • Put this round on my tab, please, barman.

    6. The cost or bill for anything.

      • Moreover, at a tab of $9 million, the system's price is about $1 million less than a conventional heating-cooling plant […]

    7. A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for…

      A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.

      • No no no no I don't, it's not hate, hate is a strong word, truth be told I do have a slight preference for tabs but that's only because I'm anal and because I prefer precision.

    8. To use the Tab key on a computer to advance the cursor or move the input focus, or on a…

      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.

      • You can prevent a control from getting the focus when the user is tabbing between controls by settings its IsTabStop property to False.

    9. A cigarette.

      • Lend us a tab!

    10. A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly…

      A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.

    11. A student of Cambridge University.

      • You should have been there---it was a good race. Just to clarify matters for the hard of understanding, the tabs led for about 1500m before turning to shrapnel, and Oxford eventually won by 3/4 length.
      • Before Rachel gets in with a stab at the Tabs' coxing efforts, may I say that my experience of coxes on the Isis is somewhat similar.
      • Plus, there's always been a healthy rivalry between the tabs and us, but I'm sure this has nothing to do with it ;-)

    12. A tabloid newspaper.

      • By 1926 the tabloid mania was at full tilt, and the tabs in New York went at each other with hammer and tong.
      • The tabloids were able to spend much of the week confronting their demons. Maxine Carr's request to be released from prison early prompted the tabs to let her know what they thought of her suggestion.
      • That is the attitude of the tabs: they cover the world's most important city.

    13. A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.

      • Tonight the kids will go out and party down in a more righteous mode. Alcohol and not a few tabs of X will be ingested. Club music will throb through big speakers.

    14. A tableau curtain.

    15. A key on a computer keyboard that typically inserts a tab or moves the input focus.

    16. Alternative letter-case form of tab (“student at Cambridge”).

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Derived

tabbed

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for tab. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA