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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the check" [syn: check, chit, tab]
2: sensationalist journalism [syn: yellow journalism, tabloid, tab]
3: the key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation [syn: tab key, tab]
4: a short strip of material attached to or projecting from something in order to facilitate opening or identifying or handling it; "pull the tab to open the can"; "files with a red tab will be stored separately"; "the collar has a tab with a button hole"; "the filing cards were organized by cards having indexed tabs"
5: a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet [syn: pill, lozenge, tablet, tab]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1607 1. a. a short projecting device: as (1) a small flap or loop by which something may be grasped or pulled (2) a projection from a card used as an aid in filing b. a small insert, addition, or remnant c. appendage, extension; especially one of a series of small pendants forming a decorative border or edge of a garment d. a small auxiliary airfoil hinged to a control surface (as a trailing edge) to help stabilize an airplane in flight — see airplane illustration 2. [partly short for table (I); partly from sense 1] a. close surveillance ; watch <keep tabs on trends> b. a creditor's statement ; bill, check c. cost <the tab for the new program> 3. [by shortening] a. tabloid b. tablet 4. [short for tabulator] a key on a keyboard especially for arranging data in columns II. transitive verb (tabbed; tabbing) Date: 1872 1. to furnish or ornament with tabs 2. to single out ; designate 3. tabulate

Oxford Reference Dictionary

abbr. 1 typhoid-paratyphoid A and B vaccine. 2 Austral. Totalizator Agency Board.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. 1 a a small flap or strip of material attached for grasping, fastening, or hanging up, or for identification. b a similar object as part of a garment etc. 2 US colloq. a bill or price (picked up the tab). 3 Brit. Mil. a marking on the collar distinguishing a staff officer. 4 a a stage-curtain. b a loop for suspending this. --v.tr. (tabbed, tabbing) provide with a tab or tabs. Phrases and idioms: keep tabs (or a tab) on colloq. 1 keep account of. 2 have under observation or in check. Etymology: prob. f. dial.: cf. TAG(1) 2. n. 1 = TABULATOR 2. 2 = TABULATOR 3. Etymology: abbr.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tab Tab, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] 1. The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle. 2. A tag. See Tag, 2. 3. A loop for pulling or lifting something. 4. A border of lace or other material, worn on the inner front edge of ladies' bonnets. 5. A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or border.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(tabs) 1. A tab is a small piece of cloth or paper that is attached to something, usually with information about that thing written on it. A stupid medical clerk had slipped the wrong tab on his X-ray. = label N-COUNT 2. A tab is the total cost of goods or services that you have to pay, or the bill or check for those goods or services. (mainly AM) At least one estimate puts the total tab at $7 million... = bill N-COUNT 3. A tab is a metal strip that you pull off the top of a can of drink in order to open it. N-COUNT 4. A tab is a drug, especially one that is sold illegally, which is in tablet form. (INFORMAL) One tab of Ecstasy costs at least £15. N-COUNT 5. If someone keeps tabs on you, they make sure that they always know where you are and what you are doing, often in order to control you. (INFORMAL) PHRASE: V inflects: PHR n 6. If you pick up the tab, you pay a bill on behalf of a group of people or provide the money that is needed for something. (INFORMAL) Pollard picked up the tab for dinner that night... PHRASE: V inflects

Dictionary of Ro

second, moment

Moby Thesaurus

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