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▪ I. tab, n.1|tæb|
Also 7 tabb, 8 tabe.
[Origin obscure. At first a dialect word. Not in Johnson. In some senses it may be short for tablet; in others it interchanges with tag.]
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1. a. A short broad strap, flat loop, or the like, attached by one end to an object, or forming a short projecting part by which a thing can be taken hold of, hung up, fastened, or pulled; in various applications: see quots.
1607Markham Caval. iii. (1617) 83 How the horse is girt..and by some speciall markes or obseruations about the tabs to know how his garths do hold. 1611Cotgr., Contre-sanglot, a Tab; the leather whereto a girth is fastened; a girth-leather. Ibid., Crampon de cuir, a loope, or tab, of leather. 1629Pittington Vestry Bks. (Surtees) 298 For tabbs to the bells, iiijd. [Cf. 1618 Ibid. 293 For 2 tagges for the belstrings, 6d.] 1664in Archæol. æl. XVII. 127 For broomes and a tab for y⊇ bell 2d. 1688R. Holme Armoury iii. xviii. (Roxb.) 126/1 The tab at the end of a belt. 1846Brockett N.C. Gloss., Tab..a strap. 1879Rutley Stud. Rocks v. 40 It [a geologist's bag] should have a little tab by which it can be loosely attached to a button. 1894Maskelyne Sharps & Flats 90 The ‘tab’ or loop at the back of the..boot. 1896C. D. Waldo Ban of the Gubbe 144 If there were tabs to pull up the lid, why should there ever have been a knob or handle? 1904Eng. Dial. Dict., Tab... 5. The loop by which a garment is hung up. Sc. 1905Daily News 27 Sept. 6 Strong leather tabs are being fastened to the backs of the volumes of the brobdingnagian catalogues [in the British Museum Library].
b. spec. A shoe latchet, for fastening with a buckle, button, or thong. Chiefly dial.
1674Ray N.C. Words 47 The Tab of a Shooe, the Latchet of a Shooe. 1731in Bailey. 1775in Ash. 1904in Eng. Dial. Dict. [from North of Eng. to E. Anglia].
c. A short strap attached at one end to one side of a coat, jacket, vest, etc., and having a buttonhole at the free end for fastening across.
Such a tab is often ornamented with a button at the attached end, so as to be symmetrical, and may become purely ornamental as in 2 c.
d. The metal end of a lace, etc.; = tag n.1 3; a shoe-string. dial.
a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Tab... 2. The end of a lace, commonly, and perhaps more properly called a tag. 1904in Eng. Dial. Dict. [Cumbld. to Oxford, and E. Anglia]. Ibid., Tab..a shoe-string [Hampsh.].
e. The tongue of a shoe or boot. dial.
1866–in Eng. Dial. Dict. from midland counties.
f. = pull-tab s.v. pull- 2: used to open a can of beer, etc.
1963Wal. St. Jrnl. 1 Oct. 16/1 The beer drinker opens the can by pulling off the tab. 1978O. White Silent Reach xi. 108 The fat man..pulled the tab from a can.
2. a. As an ornament of dress: Each of the projecting square pieces formed by cutting out the lower edge of a jacket or other article of dress, or sewn on to its uncut edge, and usually embellished with buttons, embroidery, etc.
c1880Mrs. G. M. E. Campbell Let. to Editor, A series of small squares cut out of the edge of a cape or sleeve and the intermediate pieces left hanging by way of fringe or ornament, is known by the name of Tabs. 1883Truth 31 May 768/2 This brocade was cut out in deep tabs over a skirt of copper-coloured satin. 1887Illustr. Lond. News 6 Aug. 151/1 The edges of the loose fronts [of the bodice] were..cut out in tabs.
b. A similar piece sewn by its upper edge on the surface of dress, so as to hang loose; or
c. in 19th. c. use, sewn on entirely, and variously adorned with buttons, beads, embroidery, etc., sometimes simulating that described in 1 c.
1834J. R. Planché Brit. Costume xviii. 275 Towards the close of James [I]'s reign, however,..short jackets or doublets, with tabs and false sleeves hanging behind, succeed to the long⁓waisted doublets. 1882Daily News 30 Aug. 3/1 Tabs are a favourite trimming for tunics. 1883C. D. Warner Roundabout Journ. 39 Some of them have a black rosette on the shoulder, and a tab hanging from it tipped with ermine. 1909Civ. Serv. Store Catal. 353 [Lady's] coat, 30 inches long, trimmed satin, with satin tabs and buttons.
d. A coloured tab, esp. a red tab or gorget patch, worn by a senior or staff Army officer; hence formerly, in Army slang, such an officer.
1916J. Buchan Greenmantle i. 2 ‘Try my tailor,’ said Sandy. ‘He's got a very nice taste in red tabs.’ 1917B.E.F. Times 20 Jan. 4/2 Realising Men must laugh, Some wise Man devised the Staff: Dressed them up in little dabs Of rich variegated tabs. 1925Fraser & Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 275 Tab, a, a Staff Officer. 1948Partridge Dict. Forces' Slang 154 Red tabs, red gorget patches, worn by Colonels and above. ‘Red⁓tab’ was sometimes used for an officer who wore them. 1977D. James Spy at Evening vii. 51 He had red tabs on his collar. He had authority even over my father.
3. transf. A small piece of some substance, e.g. of sod or turf.
17..E. Smith Compl. Housew. (1750) 365 Take..three or four tabes of the whitest goose-dung; put all in a quart of strong beer. 1893Q. [Couch] Delect. Duchy 43 The boys..could toss tabs of turf down her chimney.
4. techn.
a. One of the revolving arms which lift the beaters of a fulling-mill (Knight Dict. Mech. 1877).
b. A narrow projecting strip of metal along the inside of a hollow calico-printing roller to secure it to its mandrel by means of a slot in the latter.
c. Aeronaut. A usu. hinged part of a control surface that serves to modify the action or response of the surface.
1934Flight 25 Jan. 75/1 The word ‘tab’ has been approved by the [U.S.] Department of Commerce as the name for auxiliary control flaps. 1942‘B. J. Ellan’ Spitfire! p. x, Winding the bias control one way or the other moves the tab and gives port or starboard bias. 1965C. N. Van Deventer Introd. Gen. Aeronautics iv. 95/2 Controllable or fixed tabs may be attached to any of the control surfaces—the elevators, the ailerons, or the rudder. 1983D. Stinton Design of Aeroplane xi. 397 Often trimming is achieved on the ground by bent plate tabs.
5. A tie-label, a luggage label (cf. tag n.1 8).
1904Eng. Dial. Dict., Tab 3, a label affixed to goods for sale; a luggage label. Warwick.
6. An ear. dial. and slang.
1866J. E. Brogden Provinc. Words Lincs. 202 Tab, a piece of leather in the front of a boot, a latchet, the ear. 1959New Statesman 26 Dec. 904/2 Dad was sitting by the fire, behind his paper with one tab lifted. 1977Scollins & Titford Ey up, mi Duck! III. 15 Ah gorra bile be'int me tab.
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7. colloq. (orig. U.S.). A table, an account [cf. tablet 1 c]; a check; esp. in phr., to keep tabs (or a tab) on; also fig. (cf. tab v. 2). Also, a bill or charge (chiefly N. Amer.): see also to pick up the tab s.v. pick v.1 21 m.
1889Washington Post 11 Feb., Every man keeps a mean little tab in his head on his fellows. 1890Voice (N.Y.) 31 July, A generous mother in..Michigan has been keeping tab in her family [on the baking for a year]. 1890B. Hall Turnover Club 19 They knocked off and filed out into the deserted streets, while the Purveyor figured up the ‘tabs’. 1897H. Porter Campaigning with Grant x. 159 You can't get away because he [the captain] is always keeping tab on you. 1907Daily News 26 Aug. 7 Being subsequently shown the work tabs with the Salvation Army prices. 1907W. James Pragmatism v. 172 To use this as a tally by which we ‘keep tab’ on the impressions that present themselves. 1924[see tab v. 2]. 1929‘E. Queen’ Roman Hat Mystery iii. 37 We got to keep pretty close tabs on the time, and I know it was ten minutes because..it was just the part on the stage when [etc.]. 1932D. L. Sayers Have his Carcase xxvi. 348 The one person..likely to have kept tabs on Mr Perkins..was old Gaffer Gander. 1946J. O'Hara in New Yorker 23 Mar. 25/1 You signed a small tab, sir. 1952S. Kauffmann Philanderer (1953) iii. 52 So all those old ideas are finished and God is dying. There's nobody in Heaven keeping tabs. And there's just going to be less for people to hang on to? 1954E. B. White Let. 9 July (1976) 395, I did a little haying yesterday..and..I am spending today indoors paying the tab. 1963T. Parker Unknown Citizen v. 138 He's antagonistic to anything or anybody who represents authority... He thinks that our main purpose is to keep tabs on him while he's out. 1976M. Machlin Pipeline xii. 144 He started to reach into the pocket of his Arctic down pants for his wallet, but Nick had already paid the tab. 1978M. Puzo Fools Die ii. 18 Jordan knew that Merlyn the Kid kept tabs on everything he did.
8. A cigarette. north. dial. and slang.
1934P. Allingham Cheapjack iii. 24 ‘'Ave you got a tab on yer?’ The only tabs I knew were connected with the theatre, but I discovered later that ‘tab’ is a common name in the north for a cigarette. 1948A. Baron From City, from Plough i. 10 ‘Gie us a tab, Lanky.’ He passed his cigarettes round the carriage. 1968B. Hines Kestrel for Knave 71 From various pockets Gryce collected two ten-packets, which rattled when he shook them, a handful of tabs, three lighters and a box of matches. 1980C. Ross Case for Compensation xiv. 68 ‘Tab?’ Duncan looked blank. ‘Cigarette?’ he said. Duncan accepted. 1983New Society 2 June 333/1 {pstlg}13.65 a week to pay for..clothes, ‘snake bites’ (cider and lager), ‘tabs’ (cigarettes).
9. A tablet or pill, spec. one containing LSD or another illicit drug. slang.
1961in Webster. 1968–70Current Slang (Univ. S. Dakota) III-IV. 123 Tab, a tablet of sugar or saccharine impregnated with LSD. (Drug users' jargon.) 1971Daily Tel. 18 Sept. 12 Whenever anybody had any money it nearly always went on drugs, with LSD at {pstlg}1 a ‘tab’ (tablet). 1973‘J. Marks’ Mick Jagger (1974) 137 He presses his palm to his mouth and swallows the tab. 1978M. Walker Infiltrator xii. 136 An order for two tabs of acid.
III. 10. Special combination. tab collar, (a) a shirt collar whose points are held down by buttons or other fastenings (cf. button-down adj. s.v. button n. 12); (b) (see quot. 1957).
1928Men's Wear 21 Nov. ii. 5/1 The tab collar is being worn by quite a few of the best dressed eastern university students. It should prove to be an important feature. 1942B. G. Chambers Color & Design in Apparel xv. 498 Tab collar. The fronts have loops on the under side with button-holes which fasten on buttons or small rigid stays, that help keep the tie in place at the top of the collar. 1957M. B. Picken Fashion Dict. 75/2 Tab c[ollar], collar cut in tabs, often with two at front. 1979Time Out 4 May 65 The Mod revival hits London in force: each day offers a gig at which parkas, tab collars and fox-tailed Lambrettas would be acceptable.
▪ II. tab, n.2 slang.|tæb|
[Abbrev. of tabby n. 3.]
a. An elderly woman.
b. Austral. A young woman or girl.
1909J. R. Ware Passing Eng. 239/1 Tabs (Theatrical), ageing women. 1932H. Simpson Boomerang x. 276 We don't need to go mackin' round with Chinks and wimmen's earnings. We pay our tabs..when we want 'em, and tell 'em to get to hell out of it when we don't. 1971[see ma-in-law].
▪ III. tab, n.4 Theatr. slang.|tæb|
Abbrev. of tableau curtain s.v. tableau 6.
1929J. B. Priestley Good Companions ii. vii. 447 The girls here follow him round with their tongues hanging out, as usual—but away from the tabs he's the same as ever. 1936N. Royde-Smith All Star Cast 44 The tab curtains fell together as the girl and the man stood at arm's length from one another. 1946‘Brahms’ & ‘Simon’ Trottie True vii. 164 Down came the crimson tabs. Up went the shouting and the cooing. Out tottered Marie [Lloyd] to the public that idolized her. 1957P. Frankau Bridge 59 The dark stage-hand..came through the tabs. 1983Listener 22/29 Dec. 28/1 When she did the last song, she used to do it in front of the tabs.
▪ IV. tab, n.5 Typewriting and Computing.|tæb|
[Abbrev. of tabulator b, tabular a., etc.]
A tabulator (key); a tabular stop, used to preset the movement of the carriage, cursor, etc., under the direction of the tabulator.
1916H. Etheridge Bar-Lock Typewriter Manual 45 The Tab. key acts exactly in the same manner as the carriage release lever. Ibid., On releasing the Tab. key the carriage remains at the number on the scale where the first stop has been fixed. 1969Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring/Summer 1195/2 Automatic key-set tabs, clear key. 1982Harris & Chauhan So You want to Buy a Word Processor? v. 65/1 Not only do tabs have to be set up at appropriate positions, but the facility needs to be reactivated when any of the text involved is subsequently edited.
▪ V. tab, n.6
see *tabbing vbl. n.2
▪ VI. tab, n.6 colloq.
Brit. |tæb|, U.S. |tæb|
[Shortened ‹tabloid n.]
1. U.S. Theatre. A short play or sketch, typically a condensed version of a longer work. Cf. tabloid n. 2. Now hist.
1915B. Page Writing for Vaudeville 629 Tab, the contraction of ‘tabloid’, as ‘burlesque tab’, ‘musical comedy tab’. 1928Washington Post 25 Sept. 13/2 Get more dancing experience with an orchestra under you. Go into a vaudeville tab or night club. 1997Village Voice (N.Y.) 16 Sept. 107/1 There were innumerable pirated adaptations of Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel... There were giant spectacles with real ice and real bloodhounds, tiny half-hour ‘tab’ versions, quick-change solo acts.
2. orig. U.S. = tabloid n. 3.
1927Night Jrnl. (Lincoln, Nebraska) 7 Oct. 28/2 The tabs all run cross-word puzzles so they'll look intelligent, but their readers think those are pictures of fly-screens. 1932A. M. Lindbergh Let. 9 Mar. in Hour of Gold (1973) 233 With this lull the papers, especially the tabs, bring out wild stories every hour. 1986P. Reading Essent. Reading 193 Sing in Your Bath if You Want to Seem Sexy and Blood-Bath in Jordan vie for front page in the tabs. 2007Closer 17–23 Mar. 101/2 Bad 'un Luke steals some saucy snaps of the buxom blonde and sells them to the tabs.
▪ VII. tab, v.|tæb|
[f. tab n.1]
1. trans. To furnish or ornament with tabs: see tabbed.
2. To identify, name, or ‘dub’; to label or record. Also, to watch, ‘keep tabs on’ (formerly also with up). colloq. (chiefly U.S.).
1924G. C. Henderson Keys to Crookdom 420 Tab, to name. To keep tabs on, to keep in touch with. 1926J. Black You can't Win xix. 283 You are a burglar; you have put in a week ‘tabbing up’ a residence. 1946Sun (Baltimore) 18 Feb. 11/5 The Navy has tabbed entertainment with the high-sounding name liaison unit. 1954‘J. Christopher’ Twenty-Second Cent. 86 The doctors have it all tabbed. It's what they call cumulative stress. 1969Eugene (Oregon) Register-Guard 3 Dec. 1d/2 Ken Wiedemann of Cal, tabbed as the best defensive back, was sidelined for a major part of the season with a bad knee. 1978M. Puzo Fools Die ii. 33 He had Jordan tabbed as a degenerate gambler.
▪ VIII. tab, v.2
see *tabbing vbl. n.2 |