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cab noun [ kab ]

• a taxi.
• "she hailed a cab"
Similar: taxi, taxi cab, minicab, hackney cab, hackney carriage, hack, fiacre,
• the driver's compartment in a lorry, bus, or train.
Similar: compartment, driver's compartment, cabin,

cab verb

• travel in a taxi.
• "Roger cabbed home"
Origin: early 19th century: abbreviation of cabriolet.

cab noun

• a cabinet containing a speaker or speakers for a guitar amplifier.
Origin: 1970s: abbreviation.

CAB abbreviation

• Citizens' Advice Bureau.
• Civil Aeronautics Board.

first cab off the rank

• the first to seize an opportunity.
"the party is the first cab off the rank in opposing this bill"



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