Cab
[kæb]
Definition
(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 at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits.
Editor: Rhoda--From WordNet
Definition
(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.
Typed by Dewey
Definition
n. a Hebrew dry measure = nearly three pints.
n. a public carriage of various sizes and shapes with two or four wheels drawn by one horse.—ns. Cab′by a shortened form of Cab′man one who drives a cab for hire; Cab′-stand a place where cabs stand for hire; Cab′-tout one whose business it is to call cabs.—Cabmen's shelter a place of shelter for cabmen while waiting for hire.
Checked by Jessie
Unserious Contents or Definition
To ride in a cab in dreams, is significant of pleasant avocations, and average prosperity you will enjoy. To ride in a cab at night, with others, indicates that you will have a secret that you will endeavor to keep from your friends. To ride in a cab with a woman, scandal will couple your name with others of bad repute. To dream of driving a public cab, denotes manual labor, with little chance of advancement.
Edited by Leopold
Unserious Contents or Definition
Affair for a drive.
Edited by Colin
Examples
- We can get a cab up at the bridge, I said. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The cab and the landau with their steaming horses were in front of the door when I arrived. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I got into the cab and gave the driver the address of Simmons, one of the men I knew who was studying singing. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- The only thing to do, now, is to send for a cab immediately. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I put her in her cab as I was coming in, and she gave the driver the Trenors' address. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Permit me to give an idea of my devotion to my aunt's interests by recording that, on this occasion, I committed the prodigality of taking a cab. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Let them each have a cab, and go about. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- My wants were few and simple, so that in less than the time stated I was in a cab with my valise, rattling away to Paddington Station. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Pray step into the cab, and I shall soon be able to tell you everything which you would wish to know. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The Columbia two-seated Dos-a-Dos (Fig. 188), Woods’ Victoria Hansom Cab, and the Riker Electric Delivery Wagon are representative types of the modern electric automobile. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- It's past eleven, and I must really ask you to ring for a cab. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- He read the bill attentively, considered a moment, and then hailed an empty cab as it passed him. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- I'll wait outside in the cab! Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Well, sir, the cab went from Lombard Street to the Tower Wharf. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Let a cab be brought. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Many vast vague reputations have been made, solely by taking cabs and going about. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- More is done, or considered to be done--which does as well--by taking cabs, and 'going about,' than the fair Tippins knew of. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Sometimes, I walk; sometimes, I proceed in cabs, draining the pocket of the schoolmaster who then follows in cabs. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Boots and Brewer go about in cabs, with no other intelligible business on earth than to beat up people to come and dine with the Veneerings. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I came to Baker Street by the Underground and hurried from there on foot, for the cabs go slowly through this snow. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: Maureen