TAB
pill, lozenge, tablet, tab
(noun) a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
tab
(noun) a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it; “pull the tab to open the can”; “files with a red tab will be stored separately”; “the collar has a tab with a button hole”; “the filing cards were organized by cards having indexed tabs”
check, chit, tab
(noun) the bill in a restaurant; “he asked the waiter for the check”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
Tab (plural Tabs)
(computing) A key on a computer keyboard that typically inserts a tab or moves the input focus.
Etymology 2
Noun
Tab (plural Tabs)
Alternative letter-case form of tab (“student at Cambridge”)
Anagrams
• .bat, ABT, ATB, B.T.A., BAT, BTA, Bat-, TBA, abt, abt., bat
Etymology 1
First attested 1607, of uncertain origin.
Noun
tab (plural tabs)
A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.
(slang) An ear.
(by extension, graphical user interface) A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls.
(GUI) The page or form associated with such a navigational widget.
(British Army, military slang) A fast march or run with full kit.
Verb
tab (third-person singular simple present tabs, present participle tabbing, simple past and past participle tabbed)
To affix with tabs; to label.
Etymology 2
Noun
tab (plural tabs)
(informal, chiefly, North American) A restaurant bill.
(informal, chiefly, North American) Credit account, e.g, in a shop or bar; slate
(computing) A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.
Verb
tab (third-person singular simple present tabs, present participle tabbing, simple past and past participle tabbed)
(computing) 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.
Etymology 3
Noun
tab (plural tabs)
(UK, regional, Geordie and Mackem) A cigarette.
Etymology 4
Noun
tab (plural tabs)
A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.
Etymology 5
Noun
tab (plural tabs)
(British slang) A student of Cambridge University.
Etymology 6
Noun
tab (plural tabs)
(colloquial) A tabloid newspaper.
Etymology 7
Noun
tab (plural tabs)
(informal) A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.
Etymology 8
Noun
tab (plural tabs)
(informal, theatre) A tableau curtain.
Anagrams
• .bat, ABT, ATB, B.T.A., BAT, BTA, Bat-, TBA, abt, abt., bat
Source: Wiktionary
Tab, n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
1. The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.
2. A tag. See Tag, 2.
3. A loop for pulling or lifting something.
4. A border of lace or other material, worn on the inner front edge of ladies' bonnets.
5. A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or border.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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