Cab - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms

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SKIP TO CONTENT cab /kæb/ /kæb/ IPA guide

Other forms: cabs; cabbing; cabbed

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."

Definitions of cab

noun a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money synonyms: hack, taxi, taxicab see moresee less types: gypsy cab a taxicab that cruises for customers although it is licensed only to respond to calls minicab a minicar used as a taxicab type of: auto, automobile, car, machine, motorcar a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine
noun small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood synonyms: cabriolet see moresee less type of: carriage, equipage, rig a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses
verb ride in a taxicab synonyms: taxi see moresee less type of: ride be carried or travel on or in a vehicle
noun a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits see moresee less type of: compartment a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area

Pronunciation US /kæb/ UK /kæb/ Cite this entry Style: MLA

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