tab
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Is tab a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of tab?
Definition
noun (English)
1. (slang) An ear.slang
2. (by extension, graphical user interface) A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls.broadly
3. (graphical user interface) The page or form associated with such a navigational widget.Examples: "How many tabs are open in your Web browser?"; "That’s the relief I feel when clearing all the tabs in my internet browser. Clicking the crosses like a long line of kisses finally indulged."
4. (British Army, military slang) A fast march or run with full kit.British-Armyslang
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To affix with tabs; to label.transitive
noun (English)
1. (informal, chiefly Canada, US) A restaurant bill.Examples: "to pick up the tab"CanadaUSinformal
2. (informal, chiefly Canada, US) Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar; slate.Examples: "to start a tab"; "Put this round on my tab, please, barman."; "As he fished a Visa credit card out of his green leather wallet, the bartender yelled out a question over the music: “Do you want to start a tab?” Mr. Korinke shook his head no and swiftly closed out. The pair might order more drinks later on, but the prospect of opening a tab was verboten. […] His ethos reflects a growing phenomenon among Gen Z bargoers: an aversion to opening bar tabs."CanadaUSinformal
3. (by extension) The cost or bill for anything.Examples: "Moreover, at a tab of $9 million, the system's price is about $1 million less than a conventional heating-cooling plant […]"broadly
4. (computing) A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.Examples: "No no no no I don't, it's not hate, hate is a strong word, truth be told I do have a slight preference for tabs but that's only because I'm anal and because I prefer precision."Synonyms: tabulator, mul:\t
verb (English)
1. (computing) 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.Examples: "You can prevent a control from getting the focus when the user is tabbing between controls by settings its IsTabStop property to False."
noun (English)
1. (Geordie and Mackem) A cigarette.Examples: "Lend us a tab!"GeordieMackem
noun (English)
1. (Oxbridge slang) A student of Cambridge University.Examples: "You should have been there---it was a good race. Just to clarify matters for the hard of understanding, the tabs led for about 1500m before turning to shrapnel, and Oxford eventually won by 3/4 length."; "Before Rachel gets in with a stab at the Tabs' coxing efforts, may I say that my experience of coxes on the Isis is somewhat similar."; "Plus, there's always been a healthy rivalry between the tabs and us, but I'm sure this has nothing to do with it ;-)"
Definition source: Wiktionary