Phrase Hound found 35 phrases and 85 compound words that contain tab. The most common are listed below. Open tab in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 35
- Guitar tab
- pull-tabThe flexible piece of metal on top of a beverage can (for soda pop, beer, etc.) that opens the can when pressed, thus obviating any can opener or church key.
- trim tabA control surface set within or attached to a larger control surface that provides trim to obtain a desired attitude without constant inputs to the primary control surfaces (e.g., ailerons and rudders).
- collar tabinsignia worn on the collar of a uniform signifying the wearer’s rank and/or branch
- Alt-TabA keyboard shortcut in Windows that switches between application-level windows, sorted by most recently active.
- pick up the tabTo accept a bill and pay it, especially at a bar or restaurant.
- cross tabA cross tabulation
- tab completeto automatically complete a command in a command-line interface
- tab orderThe sequence in which a user can navigate from one control to the next by pressing the Tab key.
- tab stopOn a typewriter, any of the horizontal locations where the carriage movement is halted by mechanical gears.
- bread tabSynonym of bread clip: A plastic clip used to hold a plastic bag closed by pinching the neck of the bag. Often used for the bags in which sliced bread is packaged.
- tab controlA control consisting of a number of screens (tab pages) that occupy the same visible space and can be selected by clicking a protruding tab.
- picked up the tabsimple past and past participle of pick up the tab
- picking up the tabpresent participle and gerund of pick up the tab
- picks up the tabthird-person singular simple present indicative of pick up the tab: To accept a bill and pay it, especially at a bar or restaurant.
- laundry tabOn certain cloth diapers, a tab (usually made from Velcro itself) to which the Velcro straps of the diaper can be sticked (attached) during washing to prevent damaging the straps or hooking onto other pieces of clothing in the washing …
- tab outTo pay one's tab and leave a bar.
- hand-tabTo spot-apply asphalt-based adhesive to shingles for securement and wind resistance.
- tab controlsplural of tab control: A control consisting of a number of screens (tab pages) that occupy the same visible space and can be selected by clicking a protruding tab.
- tab indexA number assigned to a control on the display, designating its position in the sequence of controls that the user can move through by pressing the Tab key.
- tab leaderIn word processing, a series of repeated text characters filling the area of a tab stop, such as the row of periods/dots leading to the name of a chapter in a table of contents.
- tab leadersplural of tab leader: In word processing, a series of repeated text characters filling the area of a tab stop, such as the row of periods/dots leading to the name of a chapter in a table of contents.
- tab ordersplural of tab order: The sequence in which a user can navigate from one control to the next by pressing the Tab key.
- tab pageAny of the individual screens associated with a tab on a tab control.
- tab pagesplural of tab page: Any of the individual screens associated with a tab on a tab control.
Compound words 85
- tabberA device for applying an adhesive tab.
- subtabA tab that is part of another tab or section.
- tabificationThe process of tabifying.
- tabifyTo reformat (text) by converting spaces into tab characters.
- multitabInvolving multiple tabs.
- backtabA software-defined key combination to do the reverse of pressing the Tab key, usually Shift+Tab.
- tabableReachable by tabbing.
- tabbableCapable of being navigated or focused by means of the Tab key.
- tabhangingListening secretly to the private conversations of others; eavesdropping.
- tablessWithout a tab or tabs.