"tab" Definition

Definitions for the word "tab" from multiple English dictionaries.

1. n.
The flap or latchet of a shoe fastened with a string or a buckle.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
A tag. See Tag, 2.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
A loop for pulling or lifting something.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A border of lace or other material, worn on the inner front edge of ladies' bonnets.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A loose pendent part of a lady's garment; esp., one of a series of pendent squares forming an edge or border.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
1 small flap or strip of material attached for grasping, fastening, or hanging up, or for identification. 2 us colloq. Bill (picked up the tab). 3 distinguishing mark on a staff officer''s collar. v. (-bb-) provide with a tab or tabs. keep tabs (or a tab) on colloq. 1 keep account of. 2 have under observation or in check. [probably dial.]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
7. n.
= *tabulator 2. [abbreviation]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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