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Meaning of tabs

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tabs

noun

Definitions

  1. A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.

  2. An ear.

  3. (by extension) 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.

    Example: How many tabs are open in your Web browser?

verb

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  1. To affix with tabs; to label.

noun

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  1. A restaurant bill.

  2. Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar; slate

    Example: Put this round on my tab, will you, barman.

  3. A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.

verb

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  1. 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.

noun

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  1. A cigarette.

    Example: Giv'is a tab man!

noun

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  1. A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.

noun

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  1. (British slang) A student of Cambridge University.

noun

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  1. A tabloid newspaper.

noun

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  1. A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.

noun

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  1. A tableau curtain.