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1. (n.) tab
a small flap, strap, loop, or similar appendage, as on a garment, used for pulling, hanging, or decoration .
2. tab
a tag or label .
3. tab
a small projection from a card, paper, or folder, used as an aid in filing .
4. tab
Informal. a bill; check .
5. tab
a small piece attached or intended to be attached, as to an automobile license plate .
6. tab
a typewriter stop or computer command that moves the carriage, cursor, or printing element a predetermined number of spaces.
7. tab
the key that activates such a stop or command .
8. tab
a small airfoil hinged to the rear portion of a control surface, as to an elevator, aileron, or rudder .
9. (v.t.) tab
to furnish or ornament with tabs.
10. tab
to name or designate.
11. (v.i.) tab
to operate the tab function on a typewriter or computer .
12. (Informal. ) tab
a tablet, as of a drug .
Etymology: (1960–65; by shortening)
Definition of 'tab'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun) check, chit, tab
the bill in a restaurant
"he asked the waiter for the check"
2. (noun) yellow journalism, tabloid, tab
sensationalist journalism
3. (noun) tab key, tab
the key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation
4. (noun) tab
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. (noun) pill, lozenge, tablet, tab
a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet
1. (noun) tab
a piece you pull to open sth
Pull the tab back to open the can.
Definition of 'tab'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun) tab
the flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle
2. (noun) tab
a tag . See Tag, 2
3. (noun) tab
a loop for pulling or lifting something
4. (noun) tab
a border of lace or other material, worn on the inner front edge of ladies' bonnets
5. (noun) tab
a loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or border
Sense: a small flat piece of some material attached to, or part of, something larger, which stands up so that it can be seen, held, pulled etc
You open the packet by pulling the tab.
Afrikaans: oortjie
Arabic: لِسان، أُذْن
Bulgarian: етикет
Brazilian: tira
Czech: jazýček, ouško
German: der Streifen
Danish: ring; tap
Greek: λωρίδα στην άκρη αντικειμ
Spanish: lengüeta; anilla (de lata
Estonian: lapakas
Farsi: زبانه؛ قلاب
Finnish: nipukka
French: patte, languette
Hebrew: תָּווִית
Hindi: टैब
Croatian: uho, jezičak
Hungarian: fül
Indonesian: carikan
Icelandic: tunga, flipi
Italian: etichetta, linguetta
Japanese: つまみ
Korean: 색인표
Lithuanian: galiukas
Latvian: galiņš; astīte
Malay: hujung bungkusan yg terju
Dutch: flap
Norwegian: flik, klaff
Polish: języczek, końcówka
Persian: زبانه؛ قلاب
Pashto: كارت چه دشى بيه يانوم پرل
Portuguese: tira
Romanian: inel (de capac)
Russian: висящий кончик
Slovak: uško, rúčka
Slovenian: zavihek, jeziček
Serbian: jezičak
Swedish: flik
Thai: แถบที่ดึง
Turkish: uç
Taiwanese: (衣服等處的)襟,(裝飾衣服用的)垂片
Ukrainian: петелька; вушко
Urdu: تکمہ، بند
Vietnamese: vạt; miếng (dính vào vật
Chinese: 提扣
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