cab
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8.8
- noun
- /kæb/
- Archaic
:
cabriolet
- The next day, I'll take his horse and cab to sell at the Penicuick Fair.
- a hansom cab
- a horse-drawn cab
- drawn cabs
Examples
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She took the cab down with me.
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I had a really bad experience in a mini cab once.
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"Helen was drunk, she realized, when she took the long step down from the cab to the earth.
Fiction book (1990) -
Then a hansom cab ride through Central Park.
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- Oh, I've never ridden in a cab before.
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Call Olga a cab.
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General Feversham and Colonel Sutch wait in line for a hansom cab.
Fiction book (2002) -
Then Elaine took a cab to the Sixth Avenue weekend flea market to resume the hunt for urban folk art.
Fiction book (1994) -
Within a few minutes more, he and his single suitcase were inside a hansom cab heading for the opulent Hotel Pandora, two miles away.
Fiction book (2002) -
On sunny afternoons, we took a leisurely ride in a small horse-drawn cab through the countryside.
Synonyms
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9.9
A small light two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage for two people with a folding hood
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9.9
A small two-wheeled horse carriage with a covered passenger seat and the driver behind
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9.9
A light two-wheeled carriage with a folding roof for one horse to pull
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9.9
A small two-wheeled carriage pulled by a horse with a covered seat for passengers and a driver behind
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9.9
A light two-wheeled carriage pulled by one horse
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9.9
A light open carriage with two wheels and a folding cover pulled by one horse
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9.9
A light open carriage with two wheels that two horses pull, used in the past for personal travel
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9.9
An open two-wheeled carriage pulled by a horse originally used in Ireland to carry people
A two-wheeled open cart pulled by a horse with seats facing outward
A horse-drawn carriage that people hire like a taxi
Compounds
- Offensive
3
8.6
A taxi that is not official and picks up passengers from the street without a license
- Archaic
2
9.9
A small two-wheeled carriage pulled by a horse with a covered seat for passengers and a driver behind
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The older meaning of cab is a small two-wheeled horse carriage called a cabriolet, and people used them as hired rides in city streets. This image of a small, hired carriage helps explain how cab came to mean taxi.