tabs

Noun

tabs noun

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.“How many tabs are open in your Web browser?”

tabs noun

1. A restaurant bill.
2. Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar; slate“Put this round on my tab, will you, barman.”
3. A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.

tabs noun

1. A cigarette.“Giv'is a tab man!”

tabs noun

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

tabs noun

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

tabs noun

1. A tabloid newspaper.

tabs noun

1. A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.

tabs noun

1. A tableau curtain.

Verb

tabs verb

1. To affix with tabs; to label.

tabs verb

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.