cab

noun9

1. •
   A compartment at the front of a truck or train for the driver.
2. •
   (historical) Any of several two- or four-wheeled carriages; a cabriolet.

   • “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.” — 1915
3. •
   a car whose driver is paid to take people where they want to go

   • 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 — 1971
4. •
   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. — 2017
5. •
   (informal) Short for cabernet sauvignon
6. •
   (informal) An arcade cabinet, the unit in which a video game is housed in a gaming arcade.
7. •
   A shelter at the top of an air traffic control tower or fire lookout tower.
8. •
   Clipping of cabinet file (“a compressed library archive file”).
9. •
   (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 […] — 1646

verb1

1. •
   To travel by taxicab.

noun3

1. •
   Initialism of caffeinated alcoholic beverage.
2. •
   Initialism of chest compressions, airway and breathing.
3. •
   Initialism of Cognition, Affect, and Behavior.

noun2

1. •
   A type of aerial spin; a switch frontside rotation.
2. •
   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. — 2005