tab
n 1: the bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the
check" [syn: check, chit]
2: sensationalist journalism [syn: yellow journalism, tabloid]
3: the key on an electric typewriter that causes a tabulation
[syn: tab key]
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"
5: a dose of medicine in the form of a small pellet [syn: pill,
lozenge, tablet]
[also: tabbing, tabbed]