Meaning of Tab | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A restaurant bill.
   Canada, US, informal
2. A cigarette.
   Geordie, Mackem
3. A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.
4. A student of Cambridge University.
5. A tabloid newspaper.
   colloquial
6. A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.
   informal
7. A tableau curtain.
   informal
8. A key on a computer keyboard that typically inserts a tab or moves the input focus.
9. Alternative letter-case form of tab (“student at Cambridge”).
   alt-of
10. A small flap or strip of material attached to or inserted into something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.
11. An ear.
    slang
12. Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar; slate.
    Canada, US, informal
13. A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls.
    broadly
14. The cost or bill for anything.
    broadly
15. The page or form associated with such a navigational widget.
16. A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.
17. A fast march or run with full kit.
    British-Army, slang

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

“We lifted the tabs on the cans and poured the brew carefully into glasses.”

“How many tabs are open⟳ in your Web browser?”

“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.”

“to pick⟳ up the tab”

“to start⟳ a tab”

“Put⟳ this round on my tab, please⟳, barman.”

“As he fished a Visa credit card out of his green leather wallet, the bartender yelled out a question⟳ over the music: “Do you want⟳ to start⟳ a tab?” Mr. Korinke shook his head no and swiftly closed out. The pair might order⟳ more drinks later on, but the prospect of opening a tab was verboten. […] His ethos reflects a growing phenomenon among Gen Z bargoers: an aversion to opening bar tabs.”

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

“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.”

“Lend⟳ us a tab!”

“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 ;-)”

“I hope⟳ the Tabs get⟳ beaten! :-) I support⟳ Oxford for no real reason⟳ but they have⟳ a bad habit of losing to Cambridge recently.”

“I have⟳ nothing against the girl (other than the fact she's a tab!), but it does strike⟳ me as a little daft!!”

“Anybody know⟳ who won? ¶ Or should that be, how much did the Tabs win⟳ by? ;-)”

“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.”

“If ministers disappoint—they usually do—the tabloids can cry⟳ "betrayal". They never lose⟳. But just because the tabs are often flagrantly dishonest (in more expensive papers you get⟳ a better class of dishonesty) doesn't mean⟳ they're always wrong.”

“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.”

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