cab
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- noun
- /kæb/
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taxi
- After a long day, I was relieved to finally find a cab to take me home.
- a cab driver
- take a cab
- get a cab
So actually who wins the taxi cab medallion owners and who are they?
- So actually who wins the taxi cab medallion owners and who are they?
- Anyway, so out of nowhere the cab driver decides to get involved.
- He's in a livery cab, which we thought for us was good, right.
- I'm get some coffee, get a croissant and find find a cab to the train station.
- I remember listening to this in the backseat of a cab in Panama with my boot.
- OK Well, anyway, I've got an Uber cab there.
Examples
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We're gonna take a cab.
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Call a cab for these gentlemen, please.
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So I got up, took a took a cab to the train station.
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You might be interested to know, the cab driver just proposed to me.
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God, it must have been hard to get a cab at this hour.
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Did you call a cab, lady?
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I'm going to call a cab right now.
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When the cab drops her off, she finds the house dark and empty.
Academic text (2007) -
Oh, let me just say that cabs are so expensive here in LA.
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Let's call a cab.
Synonyms
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A car with a driver people pay to drive them to a place
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A car with a driver that people pay to take them where they want
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An old word for a taxi
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A taxi that is not official and picks up passengers from the street without a license
A car you pay to take you where you want in a city
Compounds
- Offensive
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A taxi that is not official and picks up passengers from the street without a license
- Archaic
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A small two-wheeled carriage pulled by a horse with a covered seat for passengers and a driver behind
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cab for a taxi comes from a short form of cabriolet, which was a small two-wheeled carriage people could hire in the street. That's why cab now means a hired vehicle that carries passengers for a fare.