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tab
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tæb/, [t?æb?]
- Rhymes: -æb
Etymology 1
First attested 1607, of uncertain origin.
Noun
tab (plural tabs)
- A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.
- 1993, Irvine Welsh: Trainspotting, p 333:
- He pulls off his belt, cursing as the studs catch in the tabs of his jeans.
- 1993, Irvine Welsh: Trainspotting, p 333:
- (slang) An ear.
- (by extension, graphical user interface) A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls.
- (graphical user interface) The page or form associated with such a navigational widget.
- How many tabs are open in your Web browser?
- (British Army, military slang) A fast march or run with full kit.
Verb
tab (third-person singular simple present tabs, present participle tabbing, simple past and past participle tabbed)
- (transitive) To affix with tabs; to label.
Derived terms
- keep tabs on
- tabbed
Translations
Etymology 2
Apocopation (shortening) of (variously) tabulate, tabulator, or tabulation.
Noun
tab (plural tabs)
- (informal, chiefly Canada, US) A restaurant bill.
- (informal, chiefly Canada, US) Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar; slate
- (by extension) The cost or bill for anything.
- 1984, Time (volume 123, issue 1)
- Moreover, at a tab of $9 million, the system's price is about $1 million less than a conventional heating-cooling plant […]
- 1984, Time (volume 123, issue 1)
- (computing) A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.
- Synonym: tabulator
Verb
tab (third-person singular simple present tabs, present participle tabbing, simple past and past participle tabbed)
- (computing) 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.
- 2010, Chris Anderson, Pro Business Applications with Silverlight 4 (page 210)
- You can prevent a control from getting the focus when the user is tabbing between controls by settings its IsTabStop property to False.
- 2010, Chris Anderson, Pro Business Applications with Silverlight 4 (page 210)
Derived terms
- pick up the tab
- tabbed
Translations
Etymology 3
Likely to have been formed by clipping the Geordie pronunciation of the word tobacco or alternatively from the brand name Ogden's Tabs.
Noun
tab (plural tabs)
- (Britain, regional, Tyneside and Mackem) A cigarette.
- Giv'is a tab man!
Translations
References
- Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
Etymology 4
Clipping of tablature
Noun
tab (plural tabs)
- A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.
Translations
Etymology 5
Clipping of Cantab, from Cantabrigian, from Latin Cantabrigia (“Cambridge”).
Alternative forms
- Tab
Noun
tab (plural tabs)
- (British slang) A student of Cambridge University.
Etymology 6
Clipping of tabloid.
Noun
tab (plural tabs)
- (colloquial) A tabloid newspaper.
- 1999, George H. Douglas, The Golden Age of the Newspaper, p. 229:
- By 1926 the tabloid mania was at full tilt, and the tabs in New York went at each other with hammer and tong.
- 2010, Robert Lusetich, Unplayable: An Inside Account of Tiger's Most Tumultuous Season:
- That is the attitude of the tabs: they cover the world's most important city.
- 1999, George H. Douglas, The Golden Age of the Newspaper, p. 229:
Etymology 7
Clipping of tablet.
Noun
tab (plural tabs)
- (informal) A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.
Translations
Etymology 8
Noun
tab (plural tabs)
- (informal, theater) A tableau curtain.
Derived terms
- tabless
Anagrams
- ABT, ATB, B.T.A., BAT, BTA, Bat-, TBA, abt, abt., bat
Danish
Etymology 1
Derived from the verb tabe (“to lose”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t?æ?b?]
Noun
tab n (singular definite tabet, plural indefinite tab)
- loss
- casualty
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?t?æ?b?], (colloquial) IPA(key): [?t?æw?]
Verb
tab
- imperative of tabe
Volapük
Etymology
Borrowed from English table (table ? tab; compare French: table, Latin: tabula, Interlingua: tabula, Esperanto: tablo, Ido: tablo).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tab]
Noun
tab (nominative plural tabs)
- table (item of furniture)
Declension
Derived terms
Related terms
- taib
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taw
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /t??/
- Homophone: tau
Etymology 1
From Middle English tawen, from Old English tawian (“to do, make”), from Proto-Germanic *tawjan? (“to make, prepare”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh?- (“to tie to, secure”).
Cognate with Dutch touwen (“to rope, tether, curry”), Dutch tuien (“to fasten with ropes”), German Tau (“rope, hawser, cable”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (taujan, “to make, prepare”). Related to tool and tether.
Verb
taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)
- (transitive, obsolete) To prepare or dress, as hemp, by beating; to tew.
- (transitive, by extension) To beat; to scourge.
- (transitive) To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, etc., by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.
- (transitive) To turn (animals' hide) into leather, usually by soaking it in a certain solution.
Related terms
- tool
Noun
taw
- (obsolete) Tawed leather.
Derived terms
- tawse
Etymology 2
Unknown.
Noun
taw (plural taws)
- A favorite marble in the game of marbles.
- 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses, chapter V:[1]
- Near the timberyard a squatted child at marbles, alone, shooting the taw with a cunnythumb.
- 1922 , James Joyce, Ulysses, chapter V:[1]
- A line or mark from which the players begin a game of marbles.
- (square dancing) A dance partner.
- Walk around your corner; see-saw around your taw.
- A favorite person; beloved, partner, spouse.
Verb
taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)
- To shoot a marble.
Etymology 3
Alternative forms
- tav
- taf
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ta?/
Noun
taw (plural taws)
- The 22nd and last letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads, including Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, and Arabic.
Translations
Further reading
- taw on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 4
Compare tew (“to tow”), and tow.
Alternative forms
- tawe (obsolete)
Verb
taw (third-person singular simple present taws, present participle tawing, simple past and past participle tawed)
- To push; to tug; to tow.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Drayton to this entry?)
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
Anagrams
- ATW, AWT, TWA, Twa, WAT, WTA, Wat, wat
Ili Turki
Noun
taw
- mountain
References
- Zhào Xi?ngrú and Reinhard F. Hahn (1989). "The Ili Turk People and Their Language". Central Asiatic Journal.
Tatar
Noun
taw
- mountain
Welsh
Etymology 1
From Proto-Celtic *t?ti (“to be (stative)”) (compare Old Irish at·tá, Irish tá), from Proto-Indo-European *steh?- (“to stand”).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ta?u?/
- (South Wales, standard) IPA(key): /tau?/
- (North Wales, colloquial) IPA(key): /ta/, /t?/
Conjunction
taw
- (South Wales) that (introduces a noun clause, marking it for emphasis)
- 1990, Y Faner, p. 8:
- 1990, Y Faner, p. 8:
Synonyms
- (formal) (North Wales, colloquial) mai
Etymology 2
From Proto-Celtic *tawsos (“silent”), from Proto-Indo-European *teh?ws- (“still, silent”) (compare Sanskrit ???????? (t????m, “silently”)).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ta?u?/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /tau?/
Noun
taw m (uncountable)
- silence
Derived terms
- distaw (“quiet, silent”)
- rhoi taw ar (“to silence”)
Etymology 3
Verb
taw
- second-person singular imperative of tewi
Mutation
References
Wolof
Verb
taw
- to rain
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