cab

[ kab ]

/ kæb /

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noun

a taxicab.

any of various horse-drawn vehicles, as a hansom or brougham, especially one for public hire.

the covered or enclosed part of a locomotive, truck, crane, etc., where the operator sits.

the glass-enclosed area of an airport control tower in which the controllers are stationed.

verb (used without object), cabbed, cab·bing.

to ride in a taxicab or horse-drawn cab: They cabbed to the theater.

Nearby words

ca-, ca-ca, ca., caa, caaba, cab, cab rank rule, cab-over, cabal, cabala, cabaletta

Origin of cab

First recorded in 1640–50; short for cabriolet

SYNONYMS FOR cab

1, 2 hack, hackney, jitney.

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Definition for cab (2 of 4)

cab

or kab

[ kab ]

/ kæb /

noun

an ancient Hebrew measure equal to about two quarts.

Origin of cab

First recorded in 1525–35, cab is from the Hebrew word qabh

Definition for cab (3 of 4)

cab

[ kab ]

/ kæb /

noun Chiefly British.

cabbage²(def 1b).

Definition for cab (4 of 4)

CAB

or C.A.B.

Civil Aeronautics Board.

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Examples from the Web for cab

In a bizarre twist to proceedings, Miss Manners sought to have her £30 cab fare from her Kensington flat to court refunded.
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At a quarter past midnight, all her friends gathered at me and then they went off to party and I went home in a cab.
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(A more upscale version, the cabriolet, or “cab,” was later imported from France).
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Parisian cab licenses can also be bought and sold for a small fortune.
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I took a cab to a stadium outside the city, bought a ticket, and sat in the concrete bleachers.
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A policeman in the street had seen them hire a cab and drive away through Broadway at a rapid pace.
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"You did more when you got out of the cab at the top of the gardens here," he whispered in reply.
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He dropped the lady like a hot coal at the appalling word, and sat back rigid in his own corner of the cab.
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Monsieur Paul must take a cab—at least to the barrier: it will not be pleasant to make a scandal in the street.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XII, No. 28. July, 1873.|Various
Johnson said that he saw Walling on the outside and saw the woman get into the cab and drive away.
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British Dictionary definitions for cab (1 of 3)

cab

/ (kæb) /

noun

a taxi
(as modifier)a cab rank

the enclosed compartment of a lorry, locomotive, crane, etc, from which it is driven or operated

(formerly) a light horse-drawn vehicle used for public hire

first cab off the rank Australian informal the first person, etc, to do or take advantage of something

Word Origin for cab

C19: shortened from cabriolet

British Dictionary definitions for cab (2 of 3)

cab

kab

/ (kæb) /

noun

an ancient Hebrew measure equal to about 2.3 litres (4 pints)

Word Origin for cab

C16: from Hebrew qabh container, something hollowed out

British Dictionary definitions for cab (3 of 3)

CAB

abbreviation for

(in Britain) Citizens' Advice Bureau

(in the US) Civil Aeronautics Board

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