cab

noun

1. A compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver.
2. A similar compartment in other vehicles.

   “Dad looked up to catch sight of the man in the crane’s cab. He knew that DEVILISH smirk anywhere. It was Fingers.”

3. A shelter at the top of an air traffic control tower or fire lookout tower.
4. (historical)Any of several two- or four-wheeled carriages; a cabriolet.

   “Captain went out in the cab all the morning. Harry came in after school to feed me and give me water. In the afternoon I was put into the cab. Jerry took as much pains to see if the collar and bridle fitted comfortably, as if he had been John Manly over again. When the crupper was let out a hole or two, it all fitted well. There was no bearing rein—no curb—nothing but a plain ring snaffle. What a blessing that was!”

   ““There will soon be very few hansom cabs left,” said Mrs. Elliot. “And four-wheeled cabs—I assure you even at Oxford it’s almost impossible to get a four-wheeled cab.””

5. Synonym of taxi, a vehicle available for public hire for single journeys.

   “a cab ride”

   “to take a cab”

   “And I'm phoning a cab / 'Cause my stomach feels small / There's a taste in my mouth / And it's no taste at all”

   “I whistled for a cab, and when it came near / The license plate said "Fresh", and it had dice in the mirror / If anything, I could say that this cab was rare / But I thought "Nah, forget it, yo home to Bel-Air!"”

   ““I like the system as a cab driver,” he said. “I’m used to it. I like to just pick up a person. Tell me where you’re going, I’ll know where I’m going. It’s easier for me.””

6. (historical)A former Hebrew unit of volume, about equal to 1.3 L as a dry measure or 1.25 L as a liquid measure.

   “[…] in the famine of Samaria […] the fourth part of a cab of pigeon's dung was sold for five pieces of silver […]”

7. (informal)An arcade cabinet, the unit in which a video game is housed in a gaming arcade.
8. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of cabinet file (“a compressed library archive file”).
9. (abbreviation, alt-of, informal, uncountable, usually)Short for cabernet sauvignon
10. (alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of Cab.
11. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of chest compressions, airway and breathing.
12. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of Cognition, Affect, and Behavior.
13. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of caffeinated alcoholic beverage.
14. (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Abbreviation of Cabernet Sauvignon wine.

    ““So you're drinking some Cabs then, right?” she asked. ¶ I told her that indeed I was. […] Cabernet Sauvignon grows just about anywhere; nearly every wine-growing country has its Cab.”

15. A type of aerial spin; a switch frontside rotation.

verb

1. To travel by taxicab.

name

1. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Civil Aeronautics Board.
2. (UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Citizens Advice Bureau.
3. (Ireland, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Criminal Assets Bureau.
4. (US, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Combat Action Badge.
5. The station code of Causeway Bay in Hong Kong.