tab

Meaning

Noun

1. A small flap or strip of material attached to or inserted into something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.
2. (slang) An ear.
3. (broadly) A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls.
4. The page or form associated with such a navigational widget.
5. (British-Army, slang) A fast march or run with full kit.

Verb

To affix with tabs; to label.

Verb

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.

Opposite of

slot#Noun

Synonyms

tag

bill

label

🏷️

check

chit

tablet

tabulation

strip

pill

💊

table

sticker

flettner

account

lozenge

cigarette

🚬

lug

tab key

slip

tabloid

badge

score

yellow journalism

flap

shred

tabulate

fag

ear

👂

dub

card system

fix

docket

designate

card

delimiter

mark

credit

calculation

belt

count

🔢

lobe

cost

buttonhole

listing

loop

➿

list

coffin nail

leaflet

noose

note

button

Translations

onglet

pestaña

aba

addition

Registerkarte

ardoise

sekme

tabulador

compensateur

linguetta

guia

note

cuenta

🔢

attache

tabulador

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tæb/

Etymology

First attested 1607, of uncertain origin.