cab

noun

a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

small two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage

a compartment at the front of a motor vehicle or locomotive where driver sits

verb

ride in a taxicab

Roots

capriolarecab- · Italian · to leap (of a goat); via cabriolet

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Where does cab come from?

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