Synonyms for cab
| 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
- 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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