English▸ noun
1 a small flap or strip of material attached to or projecting from something, used to hold or manipulate it, or for identification and information.
▪ North American a strip or ring of metal attached to the top of a canned drink and pulled to open the can.
2 Computing a second or further document or page that can be opened on a spreadsheet or web browser.
3 informal, mainly North American a restaurant or bar bill:
the waiter brought three drinks and a new tab.
4 Aeronautics a part of a control surface, typically hinged, that modifies the action or response of the surface.
▸ verb
(tabs, tabbing, tabbed)
[with object] mark or identify with a projecting piece of material: he opened the book at a page tabbed by a cloth bookmark.
▪ mainly North American identify as being of a specified type or suitable for a specified position:
he was tabbed by the President as the next Republican National Committee chairman.