tab
IPA: tˈæb
noun
- 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.
- (graphical user interface) The page or form associated with such a navigational widget.
- (British Army, military slang) A fast march or run with full kit.
- (informal, chiefly Canada, US) A restaurant bill.
- (informal, chiefly Canada, US) Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar; slate
- (by extension) The cost or bill for anything.
- (computing) A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.
- (Tyneside and Mackem) A cigarette.
- A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.
- (Oxbridge slang) A student of Cambridge University.
- (colloquial) A tabloid newspaper.
- (informal) A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.
- (informal, theater) A tableau curtain.
- (computing) A key on a computer keyboard that typically inserts a tab or moves the input focus.
- Alternative letter-case form of tab (“student at Cambridge”) [A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.]
verb
- (transitive) To affix with tabs; to label.
- (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.
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Examples of "tab" in Sentences
- So having the insurance pick up part of the tab is a big deal.
- There is also now an option to add a customized favicon to a user's site, which is an icon that sits in the title tab of a website when it is viewed inside a browser.
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