cab
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kæb/
rhymes: -æb
Forms: form: cabs
Etymology: Clipping of cabriolet.
Senses: synonyms: driver's compartment
glosses: A compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver.
examples: text: Dad looked up to catch sight of the man in the crane’s cab. He knew that DEVILISH smirk anywhere. It was Fingers.
ref: 2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], “”, in Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN, page 324:
glosses: A similar compartment in other vehicles.
glosses: A shelter at the top of an air traffic control tower or fire lookout tower.
examples: text: 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!
ref: [1877], Anna Sewell, “A London Cab Horse”, in Black Beauty: […], London: Jarrold and Sons, […], →OCLC, part III, page 158:
text: “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.”
ref: 1915, Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out, London: Duckworth & Co., […], →OCLC:
glosses: Any of several two- or four-wheeled carriages; a cabriolet.
examples: text: a cab ride
text: to take a cab
text: 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
ref: 1971, David Bowie, “Queen Bitch”, in Hunky Dory:
text: 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!"
ref: 1992, “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”, Will Smith (lyrics), Quincy Jones and DJ Jazzy Jeff (music):
text: “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.”
ref: 2017 October 20, Cecilia Saixue Watt, “'There's no future for taxis': New York yellow cab drivers drowning in debt”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
glosses: Synonym of taxi, a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys.
synonyms: word: taxi
extra: a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys
Hyponyms: sense: compartment
word: crew cab
sense: compartment
word: Eurocab
sense: compartment
word: sleeper cab
sense: four-wheeled carriage
word: black cab
sense: four-wheeled carriage
word: hackney cab
sense: four-wheeled carriage
word: Hansom cab
Derived terms: aerocab
aircab
autocab
bike cab
cabber
cabbie
cabby
cab driver
cabdriver
cabdriving
cab forward
cabless
cabman
cab off the rank
cabover
cabowner
cab rank
cab-rank rule
cab sav
cab signal
cab signalling
cab signaling
cabstand
cabulance
cab unit
cabwoman
call a cab
centercab
day cab
double cab
dual cab
extended cab
gypsy cab
gyrocab
hack cab
hackney cab
helicab
king cab
minicab
motorcab
pedicab
steeple cab
supercab
taxicab
tender cab
yellow cab