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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
3/ æ /
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
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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
And its invitees felt like a rare group, for whom niche furniture designers and archival fashion pieces existed in tabs that lived side by side in their brains.
Smart meters for electricity and gas can also help you keep tabs on what is pushing up your energy bills most, the Energy Saving Trust says.
The camera serves the practical purpose of allowing Lira to keep tabs on his property more than 1,000 miles away.
Being under the weather couldn't keep Morgan from keeping tabs on the team and his Knicks-branded phone case was visible in the photo.
Americans could very well pick up the tab, according to economists, U.S.-based companies and Trump himself.
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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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