cab Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits
  2. noun small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage; with two seats and a folding hood
    cabriolet.
  3. noun a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money
    taxi; taxicab; hack.
  4. verb ride in a taxicab
    taxi.

WordNet

Cab noun
Etymology
Abbrev. fr. cabriolet.
Definitions
  1. A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle. "A cab came clattering up." Thackeray. ✍ 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.
  2. The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station. Knight.
Cab noun
Etymology
Heb. gab, fr. qabab to hollow.
Definitions
  1. A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints. W. H. Ward. 2 Kings vi. 25.

Webster 1913