Cab

[CAB]

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.

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A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle.

Noun
a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

Noun
small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood

Noun
a compartment in front of a motor vehicle where driver sits


n.
A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle.

n.
The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station.

n.
A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints.


Cab

Cab , n. [Abbrev. fr. cabriolet.] 1. A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle. "A cab came clattering up." Thackeray. &hand; A cab may have two seats at right to the driver's seat, and a door behind; or one seat parallel to the driver's, with the entrance from the side or front. Hansom cab. See Hansom. 2. The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station. Knight.

Cab

Cab , n. [Heb. gab, fr. q'bebab to hollow.] A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints. W. H. Ward. 2 Kings vi. 25.

A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle.

A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints.

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Usage Examples

No, in Lethal Weapon I was a taxi cab driver that Mel jumps in front of the taxi and pulls me out of the car and steals the taxi. Then I did some other indie driving for some of the car sequences.

What people fear most about tragedy is its randomness - a taxi cab jumps the curb and hits a pedestrian, a gun misfires and kills a bystander. Better to have some rational cause and effect between incident and injury. And if cause and effect aren't possible, better that there at least be some reward for all the suffering.

The one thing you shouldn't do is try to tell a cab driver how to get somewhere.

Misspelled Form

Cab, Cab, ab, Cab, Cqab, Cwab, Csab, Czab, Cqb, Cwb, Csb, Czb, Caqb, Cawb, Casb, Cazb, Cavb, Cagb, Cahb, Canb, Ca b, Cav, Cag, Cah, Can, Ca , Cabv, Cabg, Cabh, Cabn, Cab .

Other Usage Examples

I keep mementos from everything I've done. I've got my cab driver's license from 'Happiness.' I've got a pair of glasses and a belt buckle from playing John Lennon. I've got a pair of sunglasses from playing Andy Warhol... It's all in a box in the garage.

Driving a cab is not really a nurturing type of relationship. You take people and they tip you, they may not tip you, you don't know their names, they don't care about you, you don't care about them.

Any time three New Yorkers get into a cab without an argument, a bank has just been robbed.

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