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tab

UK/tæb/ US/tʰæb̥/ fairly common informal slang us

noun

1.

the bill in a restaurant

  • “he asked the waiter for the check”
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3.

the key on an electric typewriter that causes a tabulation

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4.

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.

a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet

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Origin

Likely to have been formed by clipping the Geordie pronunciation of the word tobacco or alternatively from the brand name Ogden's Tabs.

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