See TAB

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tæb/
• :

Etymology 1

First attested 1607, of uncertain origin.

Noun

1. A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, etc.
2. A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.
3. In the Context of A fast march or run with full kit.
4. A student of Cambridge University, derived from the Latin Cantabrigia (often shortened to Cantab.).
5. Short for tablature (a way of writing guitar music).
6. A navigational widget in a GUI for switching between sets of controls or documents.

Translations

• Italian:

• Czech: {{t-|cs|karta|f}}, {{t-|cs|záložka|f}}

• German: {{t-|de|Registerkarte|f}}, {{t-|de|Reiter|m}}

Verb

{{en-verb|tabs|tabbing|tabbed}}

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

Etymology 2

apocopation|Apocopation (shortening) of .

Noun

1. A restaurant bill.
2. Short for tabulator.
3. credit|Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar.
4. : Put this round on my tab, will you, barman.

Translations

• Finnish:

Derived terms

• pick up the tab

Etymology 3

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

Noun

1. cigarette.
2. : Giv'is a tab man!

References

Category:Smoking

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Kurdish

Noun

1. patience

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