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tab nabbing

tab nabbing is the alternative form of tabnabbing.

Meaning of tabnabbing

Noun

tabnabbing (uncountable)

  1. (Internet) A form of cyberattack that takes over inactive tabs in a user's browser, relying on their inattention.

Questions about tab nabbing

What is tab nabbing the alternative form of?
Tab nabbing is the alternative form of tabnabbing.

Words near tab nabbing in the dictionary

  1. tab index
  2. tab indexes
  3. tab indices
  4. tab leader
  5. tab leaders
  6. tab nabbing
  7. tab order
  8. tab orders
  9. tab out
  10. tab page
  11. tab pages

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Adapted from Wiktionary: tab nabbing (page history and authors); tabnabbing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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