Alt-Tab noun 2verb 1forms 3 noun2 •A keyboard shortcut in Windows that switches between application-level windows, sorted by most recently active. •(informal) An equivalent keyboard shortcut that switches between windows or applications, such as Windows-Tab, or Command-Tab on macOS. verb1 •To switch between windows or applications by pressing Alt-Tab (or equivalent).If I Alt-Tabbed through all other open programs, eventually returning to the screen from which the cursor disappeared, it would reappear and everything seemed fine. — 1996 formsAlt-Tabbed · Alt-Tabbing · Alt-Tabs