1. a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration.
2. a tag or label.
3. a small projection from a card, paper, or folder, used as an aid in filing.
4. Informal.
• a bill, as for a meal in a restaurant; check: That dinner went way over my budget, so I was relieved when she offered to pick up the tab.
• a list of accruing costs, as drinks ordered in a bar: Go ahead and order another round of beers—we’ve got a running tab.
5. a small piece attached or intended to be attached, as to an automobile license plate.
6. a small flap or tongue of material used to seal or close the opening of a container.
7. a key on a typewriter that moves the carriage, typing element, etc., a predetermined number of spaces, used for typing text in columns, for fixed indentations, etc.
8. a key on a computer keyboard that moves the cursor a predetermined number of spaces, used for keying text in columns or form fields, for fixed indentations, etc.
9. Digital Technology.
• (in a web browser window or in a spreadsheet or other application) a page displayed by clicking on or selecting a user interface element that resembles a paper tab:The third tab in the spreadsheet list expenses.
• the display of this user interface element:I have too many tabs open in my browser right now.
10. Theater.
• a small, often narrow, drop curtain, for masking part of the stage.
• tableau curtain.
11. a small airfoil hinged to the rear portion of a control surface, as to an elevator, aileron, or rudder.

12. to furnish or ornament with a tab or tabs.
13. to name or designate.

14. to operate the tab function on a typewriter or computer.

15. to keep an account of; check on; observe: The police kept tabs on the suspect's activities.

1. a tablet, as of a drug or medication.
2. tabloid (def. 1).

1. tables.
2. (in prescriptions) tablet.

1. a small flap of material, esp one on a garment for decoration or for fastening to a button
2. any similar flap, such as a piece of paper attached to a file for identification
3. a small auxiliary aerofoil on the trailing edge of a rudder, aileron, or elevator, etc, to assist in the control of the aircraft in flight
4. the insignia on the collar of a staff officer
5. a bill, esp one for a meal or drinks
6. a cigarette
7. to keep a watchful eye on

8. to supply (files, clothing, etc) with a tab or tabs

1. short for tabulator, tablet
2. a portion of a drug, esp LSD or ecstasy

1. typhoid-paratyphoid A and B (vaccine)
2. Totalizator Agency Board

1. table (list or chart)

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