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Grammar : Noun
Spell : kab
Phonetic Transcription : kæb



Définition of cab

Origin :
  • 1826, "light, horse-drawn carriage," shortening of cabriolet (1763), from French cabriolet (18c.), diminutive of cabrioler "leap, caper" (16c./17c.), from Italian capriolare "jump in the air," from capriola, properly "the leap of a kid," from Latin capreolus "wild goat, roebuck," from PIE *kap-ro- "he-goat, buck" (cf. Old Irish gabor, Welsh gafr, Old English hæfr, Old Norse hafr "he-goat"). The carriages had springy suspensions.
  • Extended to hansoms and other types of carriages, then extended to similar-looking parts of locomotives (1851). Applied especially to public horse carriages, then to automobiles-for-hire (1899) when these began to replace them.
  • noun car for hire
Example sentences :
  • He took a cab and was driven to the local branch of his favourite temple of chance.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • He called a cab for the old man, and saw him started safely off up-town.
  • Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • Her eyes gleamed in the shadow of the cab straight ahead, immovable.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • The cab rattled, jingled, jolted; in fact, the last was quite extraordinary.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • He glanced again at the cab and groaned: "O Lord, I just dassent!"
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • And in the course of a few more minutes the cab stopped definitely.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • The other cab was pelting after him with all the enthusiasm of a hound on a fresh trail.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Kirkwood looked back, craning his neck round the side of the cab.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • A cab clattered down the side street on which the window opened.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • I left your daughter in the cab—and by the way, I hadn't paid the driver.
  • Extract from : « The Black Bag » by Louis Joseph Vance

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