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Tabbed vs Gabbed - What's the difference?

tabbed | gabbed |

As verbs the difference between tabbed and gabbed

is that tabbed is past tense of tab while gabbed is past tense of gab.

As an adjective tabbed

is having a tab (protruding strip of material).

tabbed

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Having a tab (protruding strip of material).
  • * 1907 , Joseph Meadon, ?Walter Lawrence Tobey, The Graphic Arts and Crafts Year Book
    • Letter up a tabbed folder for each different catalog you intend to issue. As you collect matter for this catalog, put it in the one place — the folder devoted to that catalog.
  • (computing, graphical user interface) Having tabs (the user interface element).
    • A tabbed browser can display a different webpage on each tab.

    Verb

    (head)
  • (tab)

    • gabbed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (gab)

    • gab

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • idle chatter
  • The mouth or gob.
  • One of the open-forked ends of rods controlling reversing in early steam engines.

    • Synonyms

    * See also

    Derived terms

    * gabby * gift of the gab

    Verb

    (gabb)
  • (obsolete) To jest; to tell lies in jest; exaggerate; lie.
  • To talk or chatter a lot, usually on trivial subjects.
  • (obsolete) To speak or tell falsely.

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