Cab

English

Etymology 1

Clipping of Cabernet Sauvignon.

Noun

Cab (countable and uncountable, plural Cabs)

1. Abbreviation of Cabernet Sauvignon wine.
   • 2005, Maureen Christian Petrosky, The Wine Club: A Month-by-Month Guide to Learning about Wine with Friends, Des Moines, IA: Meredith Books, →ISBN, page 34:

     “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.

Etymology 2

Clipping of Caballero.. From Steve Caballero, professional skateboarder. From Spanish Caballero.

Alternative forms

• cab

Noun

Cab (plural Cabs)

1. (skateboarding, snowboarding) A type of aerial spin; a switch frontside rotation.

Descendants

• French: Cab

See also

• Cabs

 

Anagrams

• -bac-, A. B. C., A.B.C., ABC, B. C. A., B.C.A., BAC, BCA, CBA, bac

Cebuano

Proper noun

Cab

1. a surname

French

Alternative forms

• cab

Etymology

Borrowed from English Cab, from Caballero, from Steve Caballero, from Spanish Caballero.

Adjective

Cab (plural Cabs)

1. (board sports, relational) of Cab spins