Cab
English
Etymology 1
Clipping of Cabernet Sauvignon.
Noun
Cab (countable and uncountable, plural Cabs)
- 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
Noun
Cab (plural Cabs)
- (skateboarding, snowboarding) A type of aerial spin; a switch frontside rotation.
Descendants
- French: Cab
See also
Anagrams
Cebuano
Proper noun
Cab
- a surname
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English Cab, from Caballero, from Steve Caballero, from Spanish Caballero.
Adjective
Cab (plural Cabs)
- (board sports, relational) of Cab spins