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See also: Cab, CAB, Cáb, and сав

Translingual

Symbol

cab

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Garifuna.

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kæb/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -æb
  • Hyphenation: cab

Etymology 1

Clipping of cabriolet.

Noun

cab (plural cabs)

  2. A compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver.
    Synonym: driver's compartment
  3. A similar compartment in other vehicles.
  4. A shelter at the top of an air traffic control tower or fire lookout tower.
  5. (historical) Any of several two- or four-wheeled carriages; a cabriolet.
    • [1877], Anna Sewell, “A London Cab Horse”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part III, page 158:
      Captain went out in the cab all the morning. Harry came in after school to feed me and give me water. In the afternoon I was put into the cab. Jerry took as much pains to see if the collar and bridle fitted comfortably, as if he had been John Manly over again. When the crupper was let out a hole or two, it all fitted well. There was no bearing rein—no curb—nothing but a plain ring snaffle. What a blessing that was!
    • 1915, Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out, London: Duckworth & Co., […], →OCLC:
      “There will soon be very few hansom cabs left,” said Mrs. Elliot. “And four-wheeled cabs—I assure you even at Oxford it’s almost impossible to get a four-wheeled cab.”
  6. Synonym of taxi, a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys.
    a cab ride
    to take a cab
    • 1971, David Bowie, “Queen Bitch”, in Hunky Dory:
      And I'm phoning a cab / 'Cause my stomach feels small / There's a taste in my mouth / And it's no taste at all
    • 1992, “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”, Will Smith (lyrics), Quincy Jones and DJ Jazzy Jeff (music):
      I whistled for a cab, and when it came near / The license plate said "Fresh", and it had dice in the mirror / If anything, I could say that this cab was rare / But I thought "Nah, forget it, yo home to Bel-Air!"
    • 2017 October 20, Cecilia Saixue Watt, “'There's no future for taxis': New York yellow cab drivers drowning in debt”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN:
      “I like the system as a cab driver,” he said. “I’m used to it. I like to just pick up a person. Tell me where you’re going, I’ll know where I’m going. It’s easier for me.”
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Verb

cab (third-person singular simple present cabs, present participle cabbing, simple past and past participle cabbed)

  1. To travel by taxicab.

Etymology 2

From Hebrew קב (káv).

Alternative forms

Noun

cab (plural cabs)

  1. (historical units of measure) A former Hebrew unit of volume, about equal to 1.3 L as a dry measure or 1.25 L as a liquid measure.
    • 1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, III.3:
      […] in the famine of Samaria […] the fourth part of a cab of pigeon's dung was sold for five pieces of silver […]
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Etymology 3

Clipping of cabinet.

Noun

cab (plural cabs)

  1. (video games, informal) An arcade cabinet, the unit in which a video game is housed in a gaming arcade.
  2. (software, Windows) Clipping of cabinet file (“a compress library archive file”).
    Coordinate terms: DMF, MSI, MSU

Etymology 4

Clipping of cabernet sauvignon

Noun

cab (usually uncountable, plural cabs)

  1. (cooking, informal, wine) Short for cabernet sauvignon

Etymology 5

Noun

cab (plural cabs)

  1. Alternative form of Cab.

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