tab
noun
[ tab ]
• a small flap or strip of material attached to or projecting from something, used to hold, fasten, or manipulate it, or for identification and information.
• a second or further document or page that can be opened on a spreadsheet or web browser.
• a restaurant bill.
• "the waiter brought three drinks and a new tab"
Similar:
bill,
invoice,
account,
statement,
note/list of charges,
charge,
reckoning,
tally,
expense,
cost,
check,
score,
• short for tableau curtains.
• a part of a control surface, typically hinged, that modifies the action or response of the surface.
• a cigarette.
tab
verb
• mark or identify with a projecting piece of material.
• "he opened the book at a page tabbed by a cloth bookmark"
Origin:
late Middle English: perhaps related to tag1.
tab
noun
• a facility in a word-processing program, or a device on a keyboard, for advancing to a sequence of set positions in tabular work.
• "the tab key"
tab
verb
• use the tab key on a computer or typewriter keyboard.
• "the user can tab to the phrase and press Enter"
• short for tabulate.
Origin:
early 20th century: short for tabulator.
tab
noun
• a tablet, especially one containing an illicit drug.
• "he faced charges of attempting to export Ecstasy tabs"
Origin:
1960s: abbreviation.
tab
noun
• a tabloid newspaper.
• "she tries to cover up his peccadillos before they make the tabs' front pages"
Origin:
1920s: abbreviation.
tab
noun
• short for tablature.
• "get tips on learning how to read guitar tab"
TAB
abbreviation
• Totalizator Agency Board.
• typhoid–paratyphoid A and B vaccine.
