Tab

Noun

 * 1) A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, etc.
 * 2) * 1993, Irvine Welsh: Trainspotting, p 333:
 * He pulls off his belt, cursing as the studs catch in the tabs of his jeans.
 * 1)   A navigational widget for switching between sets of controls or documents.
 * 2)  A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.
 * 3)  A fast march or run with full kit.
 * 4)  A student of Cambridge University, derived from the Latin Cantabrigia (often shortened to Cantab.).

Verb

 * 1) Mark with a tab.
 * 2)  To use the tab key on a computer or typewriter to navigate the screen or page.
 * 3) Short for tabulate.

Derived terms

 * keep tabs on
 * tabbed

Noun

 * 1)  A restaurant bill.
 * 2)  Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar.
 * Put this round on my tab, will you, barman.
 * 1) Short for tabulator.
 * 2)  A space character  that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.

Noun

 * 1)  cigarette.
 * Giv'is a tab man!

Noun

 * 1) A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.

Thesaurus
a reckoning of, account, account of, act drop, afterpart, afterpiece, amount, appoint, asbestos, asbestos board, assign, backdrop, batten, bilge, bill, bill of account, bill of lading, blain, bleb, blister, blob, border, boss, bow, brand, bubble, bulb, bulge, bulla, bump, bunch, burl, button, cahot, charge, check, check of, chine, cloth, clump, condyle, convex, cost, coulisse, count of, counterweight, curtain, curtain board, cyclorama, damage, decor, designate, dowel, drop, drop curtain, dun, eagle eye, ear, earmark, expenditure, expense, eye, figure, fire curtain, flag, flange, flap, flat, flipper, gall, gnarl, hallmark, handle, hanging, hill, hump, hunch, invoice, itemized bill, jog, joggle, knob, knot, knur, knurl, label, lappet, lip, loop, lump, manifest, mole, mountain, name, nevus, nominate, nub, nubbin, nubble, ordain, ordinate, papilloma, peg, price, price tag, queue, rag, rate, reckoning, rib, ridge, ring, scene, scenery, score, screen, scrutiny, seal, select, shoulder, side scene, spine, stage screw, stamp, statement, sticker, strap, stud, style, surveillance, tableau, tabs of, tag, tail, tailpiece, tally of, tariff, teaser, ticket, tormentor, track of, trail, trailer, train, transformation, transformation scene, tubercle, tubercule, verruca, vesicle, wake, wale, wart, watch, welt, wing, wingcut, woodcut

Pronunciation

 * , {{SAMPA|/t{b/}}

Etymology 1
First attested 1607, of uncertain origin.

Etymology 2
Apocopation (shortening) of tabulation:.

Etymology 3
Likely to have been formed by clipping the Geordie pronunciation of the word tobacco: or alternatively from the brand name Ogden's Tabs.

Etymology 4
Shortening of tablature.

Noun

 * Estonian: lipik
 * Finnish: välilehti
 * French: ,


 * Italian:
 * Spanish: lengüeta
 * Swedish:


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 * Scottish Gaelic: taba
 * Slovene: zavihek
 * Spanish:
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 * Turkish: sekme


 * Estonian:


 * Finnish: ,


 * Finnish: taistelumarssi

Noun

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 * Spanish: cuenta
 * Swedish:


 * Dutch:
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 * French:
 * Swedish: räkning


 * Estonian: tabeldi


 * Finnish:, tabulaattori


 * Finnish:
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 * Swedish: tabb

Derived terms

 * pick up the tab

Anagrams

 * abt
 * ATB
 * bat
 * TBA

Noun

 * 1) patience