tab (n.)

  1. the bill in a restaurant; he asked the waiter for the check

    [ Syn: check , chit ]

  2. sensationalist journalism

    [ Syn: yellow journalism , tabloid ]

  3. the key on a typewriter or a word processor that causes a tabulation

    [ Syn: tab key ]

  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

    [ Syn: pill , lozenge , tablet ]

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