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  cab

  noun

  a taxicab.
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  CAB

  Civil Aeronautics Board.

cab

¹ American  

[kab] / kæb /

noun

1. a taxicab.

   Synonyms:

   jitney, hackney, hack

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

   Synonyms:

   jitney, hackney, hack

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

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

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verb (used without object)

cabbed, cabbing

1. to ride in a taxicab or horse-drawn cab.

   They cabbed to the theater.

cab ² American  

[kab] / kæb /

Or kab

noun

1. an ancient Hebrew measure equal to about two quarts.

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cab ³ American  

[kab] / kæb /

noun

Chiefly British.

1. cabbage.

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CAB ⁴ American  

Or C.A.B.

1. Civil Aeronautics Board.

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cab ¹ British  

/ kæb /

noun

1. 1. a taxi

   2. ( as modifier )

      a cab rank

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

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

4. informal the first person, etc, to do or take advantage of something

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CAB ² British  

abbreviation

1. (in Britain) Citizens' Advice Bureau

2. (in the US) Civil Aeronautics Board

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cab ³ British  

/ kæb /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of cab¹

First recorded in 1640–50; short for cabriolet

Origin of cab²

First recorded in 1525–35; from Hebrew qabh

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Explanation

A cab is a taxi, a car whose driver you pay to take you where you need to go. It can feel like a competitive sport to hail a cab in New York City. Your cab driver may talk incessantly while she drives you to the airport, or you might ride in a cab that's silent except for the sound of its horn honking at other drivers. You can also call the front part of a truck, where the driver sits, the cab. In the 1820s, the word meant "horse-drawn carriage," short for the French cabriolet, "leap or caper." The Latin root is capreolus, "wild goat."

Example Sentences

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Khan said there were cab ranks and bus stops near the street so people can still access the area with ease.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

There are some beauty shots of the city, and then a shot of a Checker cab pulling up to Butch McGuire’s bar on Division Street.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

My cab driver effusively recounted sneaking in to see Metallica at Ruthie’s Inn in Berkeley in 1983.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

Now, he is safely away from that in the control trailer, doing the same job from a virtual cab.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

In my head I rounded up the change, like Mom and Dad do when they give tips in the cab.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff

"We found an unexpected chemical complexity, with abundances far higher than predicted by current theoretical models," explains lead author Dr. Ismael García Bernete formerly of Oxford University and now a researcher at CAB.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 12, 2026

Nucera's IPO is part of a wave of European companies aiming to go public before investors shut up shop for the summer, including Hidroelectrica in Romania and CAB Payments in Britain.

From Reuters ● Jul. 5, 2023

"We're being inundated with clients who are really concerned about their bills," said William Jones from CAB.

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2022

A CAB pilot who re-created Bridoux’s route in a similar P-38, noted that downward visibility was poor and his left elbow repeatedly hit the radio knob, turning down the volume.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 21, 2021

The Act provides that in 1985 the CAB itself will go out of existence.

From State of the Union Address by Jimmy Carter

Refusing to give up, Foster had a board mix put together of the first performance and cabbed it to the radio station.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2015

Their daughter told them she "cabbed it" but they say they do not know how she actually traveled cross-country or where she has been staying.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2013

On Thursday night, I cabbed it to my goddaughter’s house in Fort Greene.

From Slate ● Nov. 12, 2012

It’s like a slower, 1950s version of the real city across that cool bridge we cabbed over last night.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

He sent his telegram, and we cabbed it to Luzatti's.

From Chronicles of Martin Hewitt by Arthur Morrison

The day before E3 officially kicks off this year, I’ll be liveblogging the Ubisoft press conference, then cabbing it over to the L.A.

From Forbes ● Jun. 2, 2014

Max is a dreamer; a lonely man whose ideal of running a limo service is still unrealised after 12 years of "temporary" cabbing.

From Time Magazine Archive

I won't 'ave it, even if yer are a cabbing passinger.

From Tom Gerrard by Louis Becke

I was sick of it; and as soon as I could—close upon a year arter, though—I came up to London and took to cabbing, for I’d had quite enough of our old station.”

From Adventures of Working Men From the Notebook of a Working Surgeon by George Manville Fenn

To be sure, vettura driving is not like cabbing, and Gaetano was in the habit of getting out often and walking up the hills, thus exercising his liver.

From Hawthorne and His Circle by Julian Hawthorne

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