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What (who) is hail a cab - definition
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CAB; Cab (disambiguation); CAB (disambiguation)
cab
(cabs)
1.
A cab is a taxi.
N-COUNT
2.
The cab of a truck or train is the front part in which the driver sits.
A Luton van has additional load space over the driver's cab.
N-COUNT
Cab
·noun A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints.
II. Cab ·noun The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station.
III. Cab ·noun A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle.
cab
cab1
¦ noun
1. (also taxi cab) a taxi.
2. the driver's compartment in a truck, bus, or train.
3. historical a horse-drawn vehicle for public hire.
Origin
C19: abbrev. of <a href="">cabrioleta>.
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cab2
¦ noun informal a cabinet containing a speaker or speakers for a guitar amplifier.
Examples of use of hail a cab
1. He then stole 10 euros from the driver and got off the bus but was caught by police as he tried to hail a cab.
2. Scott Poll was with two friends as they tried to hail a cab after a night out, Wolverhampton Crown Court was told.
3. We hail a cab and point it in the direction of the hills outside the city, the lowest foothills of the distant Himalayas.
4. You can’t hail a cab in London without the driver regaling you with his plans to retire to a villa in Benidorm or Tenerife.
5. Chuck Hagel (Neb.). Obama was asked whether he is "authentically black," and said he proved his racial bona fides whenever he tried to hail a cab in New York.