Meaning & Definition of Tab in English

1. The bill in a restaurant

• "He asked the waiter for the check"

2. Sensationalist journalism

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

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