Tabbing - English meaning

verb

Mark or identify with a projecting piece of material.

Usage examples:

He opened the book at a page tabbed by a cloth bookmark

verb

Use the tab key on a computer or typewriter keyboard.

Usage examples:

The user can tab to the phrase and press enter

verb

Short for tabulate.

noun

A small flap or strip of material attached to or projecting from something, used to hold, fasten, or manipulate it, or for identification and information.

Usage examples:

The shopkeeper undid the clasp binding the date book closed and heaved it open, revealing a binder …

noun

A second or further document or page that can be opened on a spreadsheet or web browser.

Usage examples:

You can now do one-touch bookmarking of favorites right from the favorites tab.

noun

A restaurant bill.

Usage examples:

The waiter brought three drinks and a new tab

noun

A part of a control surface, typically hinged, that modifies the action or response of the surface.

Usage examples:

Should the airplane enter what is known as a ‘deep stall,’ the wing can mask the flow of air over t…

noun

A cigarette.

noun

A facility in a word-processing program, or a device on a keyboard, for advancing to a sequence of set positions in tabular work.

Usage examples:

The tab key

noun

A tablet, especially one containing an illicit drug.

Usage examples:

He faced charges of attempting to export ecstasy tabs

noun

A tabloid newspaper.

Usage examples:

She tries to cover up his peccadillos before they make the tabs' front pages

abbreviation

Totalizator agency board.

abbreviation

Typhoid–paratyphoid a and b vaccine.