Definition of "cab" []

• A taxicab. (noun)
• The covered compartment of a heavy vehicle or machine, such as a truck or locomotive, in which the operator or driver sits. (noun)
• A one-horse vehicle for public hire. (noun)
• To ride or travel in a taxicab: We cabbed to the opera. (verb-intransitive)
• To drive a taxicab: a student who cabbed for a living. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "If you hear the term cab within the trick's name, it means the rider came into the trick riding switch and landed regular."
• "On top of that crane there used to be a cab, what they call a cab on top of it, about the size of a small fire truck."
• "If you have those numbers you can tell at a glance if a cab is a pirate."