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. 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. (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.

Synonyms

label

🏷️

bill

check

tag

tablet

chit

pill

💊

strip

tabulation

flettner

badge

shred

score

cigarette

🚬

yellow journalism

lozenge

lug

account

sticker

tabloid

tab key

table

tabulate

slip

flap

fix

flag

girl

👧

handhold

hanger

indent

invoice

leaflet

list

listing

lobe

loop

➿

mark

noose

note

pat

peak

pike

pinna

piton

placard

🪧

place mat

point

poster

price

prod

prong

quill

reckoning

ribbon

🎀

sentinel

separator

shaft

shoestring

shot

slip knot

slip of paper

smoke

space

space bar

space key

spacing

spike

spine

stamp

statement

strap

taboo

tabu

tabulated

tally

thorn

thread

🧵

ticket

🎫

tine

tip

troche

acantha

aculeus

tobacco

separating character

tabulating system

guide mark

separative sign

gwaai

rounded tab

auricle

bar

barb

belt

blank

blip

button

buttonhole

calculation

card

card system

cig

cigar

cigaret

coffin nail

cost

count

🔢

credit

delimiter

designate

docket

dub

ear

👂

fag

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tæb/

Etymology

First attested 1607, of uncertain origin.